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Music and literature, rivals among the arts, have not coexisted without intruding on each other's terrain. Ever since what we think of as "literature" developed out of the sounds of spoken, sung, and chanted art, writing bas aspired to the condition of music, in which fonn contnbutes significantly to content. Nowhere i... | [
"(A)In Jazz, Mortison has perfected a style of narration that had been attempted with little success by other North American writers in the twentieth century.",
"(B)Because ofits use of narrative techniques inspired by jazz, Mortison's novel represents the most successful representation to date of the milieu in w... | [
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Music and literature, rivals among the arts, have not coexisted without intruding on each other's terrain. Ever since what we think of as "literature" developed out of the sounds of spoken, sung, and chanted art, writing bas aspired to the condition of music, in which fonn contnbutes significantly to content. Nowhere i... | [
"(A)Do any African American visual artists also attempt to emulate African American music in their work?",
"(B)In what way is Jazz stylistically similar to uther literary works by Morrison?",
"(C)After the publication of Jazz, did critics quickly acknowledge the innovative nature of the narrative style that Mor... | [
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Advances in scientific understanding often do not build directly or smoothly in response to the data that are amassed, and in retrospect, after a major revision of theory, it may seem strange that a crucial bypothesis was long overlooked. A case in point is the discovery of a means by which the nuclei of atoms can be s... | [
"(A)criticize a traditional view of scientific progress and advocate a replacement",
"(B)illustrate the often erratic way in which a scientific community achieves progress",
"(C)judge the relative importance of theory and experimentation in science",
"(D)take issue with the idea that scientists make slow,stea... | [
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Advances in scientific understanding often do not build directly or smoothly in response to the data that are amassed, and in retrospect, after a major revision of theory, it may seem strange that a crucial bypothesis was long overlooked. A case in point is the discovery of a means by which the nuclei of atoms can be s... | [
"(A)was dependent upon the calculations that they had produced",
"(B)paved the way for work in theoretical physics to become more acceptable abroad",
"(C)proved that the nuclei of atoms were generally unstable",
"(D)confinued their earlier work indicating that atoms could be split",
"(E)came after years of ... | [
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Advances in scientific understanding often do not build directly or smoothly in response to the data that are amassed, and in retrospect, after a major revision of theory, it may seem strange that a crucial bypothesis was long overlooked. A case in point is the discovery of a means by which the nuclei of atoms can be s... | [
"(A)the results of experiments in neutron bombardment of uranium conducted by the physics community between 1934 and 1939",
"(B)the results of related experiments in neutron bombardment of uranium conducted by Meitner in 1938",
"(C)the clear chemical evidence that Hahn had found of barium's being produced by ne... | [
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Advances in scientific understanding often do not build directly or smoothly in response to the data that are amassed, and in retrospect, after a major revision of theory, it may seem strange that a crucial bypothesis was long overlooked. A case in point is the discovery of a means by which the nuclei of atoms can be s... | [
"(A)The physicists conducting the experiments in neutron bombardment of uranium were all using the same research techniques.",
"(B)The physicists conducting the experiments in neutron bombardment ofuraniwn did not have partieular expectations regarding the likely nuclear composition of the by-products.",
"(C)Th... | [
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Advances in scientific understanding often do not build directly or smoothly in response to the data that are amassed, and in retrospect, after a major revision of theory, it may seem strange that a crucial bypothesis was long overlooked. A case in point is the discovery of a means by which the nuclei of atoms can be s... | [
"(A)It neglected earlier theoretical developments.",
"(B)It reevaluated caleulations indicating that atoms could be split",
"(C)It never identified the by-products ofneutron bombardment ofuraniwn.",
"(D)It showed that uraniwn atoms were the easiest to split.",
"(E)It recogoized the daogers of working with r... | [
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The corrido, a type of narrative folk song, comes from a region half in Mexico and half in the United States known as the Lower Rio Grande Border. Corridos, which flourished from about 1836 to the late 1930s, are part of a long-standing ballad tradition that has roots in eighteenth-century Spain. Sung in Spanish, corri... | [
"(A)Corrido imagery is one of the clearest indicators of the unique cohesiveness of Border communities.",
"(B)The roots of the corrido in the eighteenth-century Spanish ballad tradition are revealed in corridos' conventional themes and language.",
"(C)The corrido form, which depends on conventions such as ready... | [
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The corrido, a type of narrative folk song, comes from a region half in Mexico and half in the United States known as the Lower Rio Grande Border. Corridos, which flourished from about 1836 to the late 1930s, are part of a long-standing ballad tradition that has roots in eighteenth-century Spain. Sung in Spanish, corri... | [
"(A)use of exaggeration to embellish Border events",
"(B)use of numerous figures of speech",
"(C)use of a formal closing verse",
"(D)use of complex rhyme schemes",
"(E)use of verses that combine Spanish and English"
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The corrido, a type of narrative folk song, comes from a region half in Mexico and half in the United States known as the Lower Rio Grande Border. Corridos, which flourished from about 1836 to the late 1930s, are part of a long-standing ballad tradition that has roots in eighteenth-century Spain. Sung in Spanish, corri... | [
"(A)a brochure for contemporary tourists to the Lower Rio Grande Border",
"(B)a study focusing on the ballad's influence on the music of eighteenth-century Spain",
"(C)an editorial in a contemporary newspaper from the Lower Rio Grande Border",
"(D)Lower Rio Grande Border",
"(E)a book describing various Nort... | [
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The corrido, a type of narrative folk song, comes from a region half in Mexico and half in the United States known as the Lower Rio Grande Border. Corridos, which flourished from about 1836 to the late 1930s, are part of a long-standing ballad tradition that has roots in eighteenth-century Spain. Sung in Spanish, corri... | [
"(A)mist",
"(B)a cypress tree",
"(C)a fight",
"(D)stampedes",
"(E)stampedes"
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The corrido, a type of narrative folk song, comes from a region half in Mexico and half in the United States known as the Lower Rio Grande Border. Corridos, which flourished from about 1836 to the late 1930s, are part of a long-standing ballad tradition that has roots in eighteenth-century Spain. Sung in Spanish, corri... | [
"(A)elaborate on a claim about the directness of the",
"(B)language used in corridos counter the commonplace assertion that narrative is the main object of corridos",
"(C)emphasize the centrality of poetic language to corridos",
"(D)point out the longevity of the corrido tradition",
"(E)identify an element ... | [
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The corrido, a type of narrative folk song, comes from a region half in Mexico and half in the United States known as the Lower Rio Grande Border. Corridos, which flourished from about 1836 to the late 1930s, are part of a long-standing ballad tradition that has roots in eighteenth-century Spain. Sung in Spanish, corri... | [
"(A)\"El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez\" was rarely sung at Border social gatherings.",
"(B)Most surviving corridos do not exist in complete form.",
"(C)All complete corridos have some lines in common.",
"(D)Most corrido variants have the same despedida.",
"(E)\"El Corrido de Kiansis\" was composed someone not... | [
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The corrido, a type of narrative folk song, comes from a region half in Mexico and half in the United States known as the Lower Rio Grande Border. Corridos, which flourished from about 1836 to the late 1930s, are part of a long-standing ballad tradition that has roots in eighteenth-century Spain. Sung in Spanish, corri... | [
"(A)In at least some cases, the dependence of corridos on ready-made lines hindered the efforts of corrido makers to use metaphor effectively.",
"(B)The corrido is unique among ballad forms because it uses language that is familiar mainly to local audiences.",
"(C)Much of the imagery used in corridos can also b... | [
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The characteristic smell or taste of a plant, to insects as well as to humans, depends on its chemical composition. Broadly speaking, plants contain two categories of chemical substances: primary and secondary. The primary substances, such as proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and hormones, are required for growth and ... | [
"(A)Although the secondary substances in plants do not take part in the plants' basic biological processes, these substances operate as natural defenses against damage and destruction by insects.",
"(B)Long-term competition between plants and insects has led to a narrowing of the range of secondary substances pre... | [
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The characteristic smell or taste of a plant, to insects as well as to humans, depends on its chemical composition. Broadly speaking, plants contain two categories of chemical substances: primary and secondary. The primary substances, such as proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and hormones, are required for growth and ... | [
"(A)to start eating something else instead",
"(B)to avoid plants with certain distinctive leaf or flower structures",
"(C)to increase their rate of reproduction",
"(D)to pollinate other species of plants",
"(E)to avoid contact with the dangerous parts of the plant"
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The characteristic smell or taste of a plant, to insects as well as to humans, depends on its chemical composition. Broadly speaking, plants contain two categories of chemical substances: primary and secondary. The primary substances, such as proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and hormones, are required for growth and ... | [
"(A)provide information about how plants grow and metabolize nutrients",
"(B)help explain what secondary substances are",
"(C)help distinguish between two ways that insects have affected plant evolution",
"(D)indicate the great diversity of chemicals that occur in various species of plants",
"(E)provide evi... | [
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The characteristic smell or taste of a plant, to insects as well as to humans, depends on its chemical composition. Broadly speaking, plants contain two categories of chemical substances: primary and secondary. The primary substances, such as proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and hormones, are required for growth and ... | [
"(A)Some chemicals that are not known to be directly involved in the growth or metabolism of any species of plant play vital roles in the lives of various kinds of plants.",
"(B)Most plants that have evolved chemical defense systems against certain insect species are nevertheless used as food by a wide variety of... | [
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The characteristic smell or taste of a plant, to insects as well as to humans, depends on its chemical composition. Broadly speaking, plants contain two categories of chemical substances: primary and secondary. The primary substances, such as proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and hormones, are required for growth and ... | [
"(A)Electrical power for the operation of devices such as lights and medical instruments is essential to the proper functioning of hospitals; generators are often used in hospitals to provide electricity in case their usual source of power is temporarily unavailable.",
"(B)Mechanical components such as engines an... | [
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The characteristic smell or taste of a plant, to insects as well as to humans, depends on its chemical composition. Broadly speaking, plants contain two categories of chemical substances: primary and secondary. The primary substances, such as proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and hormones, are required for growth and ... | [
"(A)Some of them are the results of recent natural mutations in plants.",
"(B)They typically contribute to a plant's taste or smell, but not both.",
"(C)Some of them undergo chemical reactions with substances produced by insects, thus altering the plants' chemical composition.",
"(D)Some species of plants pro... | [
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The characteristic smell or taste of a plant, to insects as well as to humans, depends on its chemical composition. Broadly speaking, plants contain two categories of chemical substances: primary and secondary. The primary substances, such as proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and hormones, are required for growth and ... | [
"(A)The diversity of secondary substances that develop in a plant population is proportional to the number of insects with which that plant population has interacted throughout its evolutionary history.",
"(B)Although few species of plants have benefited from evolutionary interaction with insects, many species of... | [
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David Warsh's book describes a great contradiction inherent in economic theory since 1776, when Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations. Warsh calls it the struggle between the Pin Factory and the Invisible Hand. Using the example of a pin factory, Smith emphasized the huge increases in efficiency that could be achi... | [
"(A)Mainstream economists have always assumed that returns to scale are generally increasing rather than decreasing.",
"(B)The functioning of the Invisible Hand is accepted primarily because diminishing returns can be described with mathematical rigor.",
"(C)Recent developments in mathematics have enabled the P... | [
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David Warsh's book describes a great contradiction inherent in economic theory since 1776, when Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations. Warsh calls it the struggle between the Pin Factory and the Invisible Hand. Using the example of a pin factory, Smith emphasized the huge increases in efficiency that could be achi... | [
"(A)hostility",
"(B)uncertainty",
"(C)curiosity",
"(D)indifference",
"(E)receptivity"
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David Warsh's book describes a great contradiction inherent in economic theory since 1776, when Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations. Warsh calls it the struggle between the Pin Factory and the Invisible Hand. Using the example of a pin factory, Smith emphasized the huge increases in efficiency that could be achi... | [
"(A)critique a theory purporting to resolve the tensions between two economic assumptions",
"(B)explain a difficulty associated with modeling a particular economic assumption",
"(C)outline the intuitions supporting a particular economic assumption",
"(D)describe the tensions resulting from attempts to model t... | [
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David Warsh's book describes a great contradiction inherent in economic theory since 1776, when Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations. Warsh calls it the struggle between the Pin Factory and the Invisible Hand. Using the example of a pin factory, Smith emphasized the huge increases in efficiency that could be achi... | [
"(A)the fact that economics has always been a discipline with scientific aspirations",
"(B)David Warsh's analysis of the work of Adam Smith",
"(C)economists' success in representing the Pin Factory model with mathematical rigor",
"(D)a sudden increase in the tendency of some industries toward monopoly",
"(E... | [
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David Warsh's book describes a great contradiction inherent in economic theory since 1776, when Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations. Warsh calls it the struggle between the Pin Factory and the Invisible Hand. Using the example of a pin factory, Smith emphasized the huge increases in efficiency that could be achi... | [
"(A)resolve an ambiguity inherent in the metaphor of the Invisible Hand",
"(B)illustrate the difficulty of stating the concept of the Pin Factory with mathematical rigor",
"(C)call attention to the increasing prevalence of industries that have characteristics of the Pin Factory",
"(D)point to an industry that... | [
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David Warsh's book describes a great contradiction inherent in economic theory since 1776, when Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations. Warsh calls it the struggle between the Pin Factory and the Invisible Hand. Using the example of a pin factory, Smith emphasized the huge increases in efficiency that could be achi... | [
"(A)A publishing house is able to greatly improve the productivity of its editors by relaxing the standards to which those editors must adhere. This allows the publishing house to employ many fewer editors.",
"(B)A large bee colony is able to use some bees solely to guard its nectar sources. This enables the colo... | [
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David Warsh's book describes a great contradiction inherent in economic theory since 1776, when Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations. Warsh calls it the struggle between the Pin Factory and the Invisible Hand. Using the example of a pin factory, Smith emphasized the huge increases in efficiency that could be achi... | [
"(A)The only way that increasing returns to scale could occur is through increases in the specialization of workers.",
"(B)Economics fails in its quest to be scientific because its models lack mathematical rigor.",
"(C)The Pin Factory model's long-standing failure to gain prominence among economists was not a p... | [
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David Warsh's book describes a great contradiction inherent in economic theory since 1776, when Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations. Warsh calls it the struggle between the Pin Factory and the Invisible Hand. Using the example of a pin factory, Smith emphasized the huge increases in efficiency that could be achi... | [
"(A)In some industries, there are businesses that are able to exert monopoly power in one geographical region even though there are larger businesses in the same industry in other regions.",
"(B)As the tasks workers focus on become narrower, the workers are not able to command as high a salary as when they were p... | [
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Passage A Law enforcement agencies can effectively nullify particular laws, or particular applications of law, simply by declining to prosecute violators. This power appears to be exercised frequently and I attempt here to explain why. Rules of law are almost always overinclusive: read literally, they forbid some condu... | [
"(A)legal technicalities",
"(B)incentives",
"(C)loopholes",
"(D)language",
"(E)overinclusive laws"
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Passage A Law enforcement agencies can effectively nullify particular laws, or particular applications of law, simply by declining to prosecute violators. This power appears to be exercised frequently and I attempt here to explain why. Rules of law are almost always overinclusive: read literally, they forbid some condu... | [
"(A)Most water customers in the city are late paying their water bills.",
"(B)Most of the residences with outstanding water bills are in the city's high-income neighborhoods.",
"(C)It is appropriate to turn off the water of high-income residents in the city who pay their water bills a few days late.",
"(D)In ... | [
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Passage A Law enforcement agencies can effectively nullify particular laws, or particular applications of law, simply by declining to prosecute violators. This power appears to be exercised frequently and I attempt here to explain why. Rules of law are almost always overinclusive: read literally, they forbid some condu... | [
"(A)\"particularly\" (line 12)",
"(B)\"probability\" (line 17)",
"(C)\"alternative\" (line 22)",
"(D)\"discretionary\" (line 23)",
"(E)\"capricious\" (line 32)"
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Passage A Law enforcement agencies can effectively nullify particular laws, or particular applications of law, simply by declining to prosecute violators. This power appears to be exercised frequently and I attempt here to explain why. Rules of law are almost always overinclusive: read literally, they forbid some condu... | [
"(A)Officials should not implement the plan until just after the legislature's annual appropriations hearing.",
"(B)At least the plan would have a lower social cost than would turning off the water of all 231,000 households that have not paid on time.",
"(C)The plan is a reasonable response to the water departm... | [
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Passage A Law enforcement agencies can effectively nullify particular laws, or particular applications of law, simply by declining to prosecute violators. This power appears to be exercised frequently and I attempt here to explain why. Rules of law are almost always overinclusive: read literally, they forbid some condu... | [
"(A)enforcing the law only to the degree that municipal resources make possible",
"(B)enforcing the law according to the legislature's intent in passing the laws",
"(C)prioritizing enforcement of the law according to the amount of damage caused by the crimes",
"(D)not understanding the difference between the ... | [
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An organism is considered to have an infection when a disease-causing agent, called a pathogen, establishes a viable presence in the organism. This can occur only if the pathogenic agent is able to reproduce itself in the host organism. The only agents believed until recently to be responsible for infections—viruses, b... | [
"(A)Although most organisms are known to produce several kinds of proteins, the mechanism by which isolated protein molecules such as prions reproduce themselves is not yet known in detail.",
"(B)Research into the cause of CJD has uncovered a deadly class of protein pathogens uniquely capable of reproducing thems... | [
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An organism is considered to have an infection when a disease-causing agent, called a pathogen, establishes a viable presence in the organism. This can occur only if the pathogenic agent is able to reproduce itself in the host organism. The only agents believed until recently to be responsible for infections—viruses, b... | [
"(A)Understanding the cause of CJD has required scientists to reconsider their traditional beliefs about the causes of infection.",
"(B)CJD is contagious, though not highly so.",
"(C)The prevention of CJD would be most efficiently achieved by the prevention of certain genetic abnormalities.",
"(D)Although pat... | [
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An organism is considered to have an infection when a disease-causing agent, called a pathogen, establishes a viable presence in the organism. This can occur only if the pathogenic agent is able to reproduce itself in the host organism. The only agents believed until recently to be responsible for infections—viruses, b... | [
"(A)Has the patient suffered a severe blow to the skull recently?",
"(B)Does the patient experience occasional bouts of insomnia?",
"(C)Has the patient been exposed to any forms of radiation that have a known tendency to cause certain kinds of genetic damage?",
"(D)Has any member of the patient's immediate fa... | [
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An organism is considered to have an infection when a disease-causing agent, called a pathogen, establishes a viable presence in the organism. This can occur only if the pathogenic agent is able to reproduce itself in the host organism. The only agents believed until recently to be responsible for infections—viruses, b... | [
"(A)The only way in which CJD can be transmitted is through the injection of abnormally shaped prions from an infected individual into an uninfected individual.",
"(B)Most infectious diseases previously thought to be caused by other pathogens are now thought to be caused by prions.",
"(C)If they were unable to ... | [
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An organism is considered to have an infection when a disease-causing agent, called a pathogen, establishes a viable presence in the organism. This can occur only if the pathogenic agent is able to reproduce itself in the host organism. The only agents believed until recently to be responsible for infections—viruses, b... | [
"(A)The presence of certain abnormally shaped prions in brain tissue is a sign of neurological disease.",
"(B)Some patients currently infected with CJD will recover from the disease.",
"(C)Prions do not require nucleic acid for their reproduction.",
"(D)The body has no natural defense against CJD.",
"(E)Sci... | [
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An organism is considered to have an infection when a disease-causing agent, called a pathogen, establishes a viable presence in the organism. This can occur only if the pathogenic agent is able to reproduce itself in the host organism. The only agents believed until recently to be responsible for infections—viruses, b... | [
"(A)Nothing that lacks nucleic acid is a pathogen.",
"(B)Prions are a relatively newly discovered type of pathogen.",
"(C)All pathogens can cause infection.",
"(D)Pathogens contribute in some manner to the occurrence of CJD.",
"(E)There are other pathogens besides viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites."
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An organism is considered to have an infection when a disease-causing agent, called a pathogen, establishes a viable presence in the organism. This can occur only if the pathogenic agent is able to reproduce itself in the host organism. The only agents believed until recently to be responsible for infections—viruses, b... | [
"(A)Several symptoms closely resembling those of CJD have been experienced by patients known to have a specific viral infection.",
"(B)None of the therapies currently available for treating neurological diseases is designed to block the chain reaction by which abnormal prions are believed to reproduce.",
"(C)Re... | [
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One of the more striking developments in modem North American dance was African American choreographer Katherine Dunham's introduction of a technique known as dance-isolation, in which one part of the body moves in one rhythm while other parts are kept stationary or are moved in different rhythms. The incorporation of ... | [
"(A)Katherine Dunham transformed the field of anthropology by developing innovative research methodologies for studying Caribbean and other traditional dance styles and connecting them with African American dance.",
"(B)Katherine Dunham's ballets were distinct from others produced in North America in that they in... | [
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One of the more striking developments in modem North American dance was African American choreographer Katherine Dunham's introduction of a technique known as dance-isolation, in which one part of the body moves in one rhythm while other parts are kept stationary or are moved in different rhythms. The incorporation of ... | [
"(A)performed fieldwork for a very extended time period",
"(B)related the traditions she studied to those of her own culture",
"(C)employed a participative approach in performing research",
"(D)attached a high degree of political significance to her research",
"(E)had prior familiarity with the cultural pra... | [
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One of the more striking developments in modem North American dance was African American choreographer Katherine Dunham's introduction of a technique known as dance-isolation, in which one part of the body moves in one rhythm while other parts are kept stationary or are moved in different rhythms. The incorporation of ... | [
"(A)Most social scientists who have attempted to study dance as a cultural phenomenon have misinterpreted it.",
"(B)Social scientists need not be well versed in dance traditions in order to obtain reliable data about them.",
"(C)Research into dance as a cultural form cannot be conducted with a high degree of sc... | [
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One of the more striking developments in modem North American dance was African American choreographer Katherine Dunham's introduction of a technique known as dance-isolation, in which one part of the body moves in one rhythm while other parts are kept stationary or are moved in different rhythms. The incorporation of ... | [
"(A)suggest why a group of social scientists did not embrace the study of a particular cultural form",
"(B)suggest that a certain group was more qualified to study a particular cultural form than was another group",
"(C)identify an additional factor that motivated a particular social scientist to pursue a speci... | [
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One of the more striking developments in modem North American dance was African American choreographer Katherine Dunham's introduction of a technique known as dance-isolation, in which one part of the body moves in one rhythm while other parts are kept stationary or are moved in different rhythms. The incorporation of ... | [
"(A)They were more similar to dance forms used in Pacific-island cultures than to any other known dance forms.",
"(B)They represented the first use of the technique of dance-isolation within a culture outside of Africa.",
"(C)They shared certain rhythmic characteristics with the dance forms employed in North Am... | [
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One of the more striking developments in modem North American dance was African American choreographer Katherine Dunham's introduction of a technique known as dance-isolation, in which one part of the body moves in one rhythm while other parts are kept stationary or are moved in different rhythms. The incorporation of ... | [
"(A)A French archaeologist with training in musicology researches instruments used in seventeenth century France, and her findings become the basis for a Korean engineer's designs for devices to simulate the sounds those instruments most likely made.",
"(B)An Australian medical researcher with training in botany ... | [
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One of the more striking developments in modem North American dance was African American choreographer Katherine Dunham's introduction of a technique known as dance-isolation, in which one part of the body moves in one rhythm while other parts are kept stationary or are moved in different rhythms. The incorporation of ... | [
"(A)They were partly correct in recommending that Dunham change her methods of data collection, since injury sustained during fieldwork might have compromised her research.",
"(B)They were partly correct in advising Dunham to exercise initial caution in participating in the Caribbean dances, since her skill in pe... | [
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Passage A Research concerning happiness and wealth reveals a paradox: at any one time richer people report higher levels of happiness than poorer people in the same society report, and yet over time advanced societies have not grown happier as they have grown richer. Apparently, people are comparing their income with s... | [
"(A)the human desire to create value",
"(B)the relationship between income and happiness",
"(C)the biological basis of people's attitudes toward wealth",
"(D)the human propensity to become habituated to wealth",
"(E)the concept of \"required income\""
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Passage A Research concerning happiness and wealth reveals a paradox: at any one time richer people report higher levels of happiness than poorer people in the same society report, and yet over time advanced societies have not grown happier as they have grown richer. Apparently, people are comparing their income with s... | [
"(A)The desire to demonstrate that one is wealthier than others is a remnant of human beings' primeval past.",
"(B)Very few people would be willing to accept a lower standard of living in return for greater relative wealth.",
"(C)Being wealthier than other people would not make one happier if one believed that ... | [
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Passage A Research concerning happiness and wealth reveals a paradox: at any one time richer people report higher levels of happiness than poorer people in the same society report, and yet over time advanced societies have not grown happier as they have grown richer. Apparently, people are comparing their income with s... | [
"(A)ungenerous in its view of human nature and mistaken in its interpretation of the evidence",
"(B)flattering in its implications about human nature but only weakly supported by the available evidence",
"(C)plausible in its account of human nature but based largely upon ambiguous evidence",
"(D)unflattering ... | [
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Passage A Research concerning happiness and wealth reveals a paradox: at any one time richer people report higher levels of happiness than poorer people in the same society report, and yet over time advanced societies have not grown happier as they have grown richer. Apparently, people are comparing their income with s... | [
"(A)to present a view that will be argued against to present a view for which additional evidence will be provided",
"(B)to present a view that will be argued against to provide evidence for one explanation of a phenomenon",
"(C)to provide evidence for one explanation of a phenomenon to present a view for which... | [
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Passage A Research concerning happiness and wealth reveals a paradox: at any one time richer people report higher levels of happiness than poorer people in the same society report, and yet over time advanced societies have not grown happier as they have grown richer. Apparently, people are comparing their income with s... | [
"(A)insular, cosmopolitan",
"(B)altruistic, egocentric",
"(C)happy, miserable",
"(D)misguided, admirable",
"(E)lucky, primitive"
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Passage A Research concerning happiness and wealth reveals a paradox: at any one time richer people report higher levels of happiness than poorer people in the same society report, and yet over time advanced societies have not grown happier as they have grown richer. Apparently, people are comparing their income with s... | [
"(A)explain a phenomenon by pointing to its biological origins",
"(B)endorse a claim simply because it is widely believed",
"(C)accept a claim for the sake of argument",
"(D)attempt to resolve an apparent paradox",
"(E)assert that their positions are supported by data"
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It is generally believed that while in some cases government should intervene to protect people from risk—by imposing air safety standards, for example- in other cases, such as mountain climbing, the onus should be on the individual to protect himself or herself. In the eyes of the public at large, the demarcation betw... | [
"(A)In general, whether people characterize a risk as voluntary or involuntary depends on whether they approve of the purpose for which the risk is taken.",
"(B)Decisions about government intervention to protect people from risks should be based primarily on how many lives can be saved rather than on whether the ... | [
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It is generally believed that while in some cases government should intervene to protect people from risk—by imposing air safety standards, for example- in other cases, such as mountain climbing, the onus should be on the individual to protect himself or herself. In the eyes of the public at large, the demarcation betw... | [
"(A)an expectation about the ratio of dollars spent to lives saved",
"(B)deference to expert judgments concerning whether the government should intervene",
"(C)a belief as to whether the risk is incurred voluntarily or involuntarily",
"(D)a judgment as to whether the risk puts a great number of lives at stake... | [
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It is generally believed that while in some cases government should intervene to protect people from risk—by imposing air safety standards, for example- in other cases, such as mountain climbing, the onus should be on the individual to protect himself or herself. In the eyes of the public at large, the demarcation betw... | [
"(A)traveling in outer space",
"(B)participating in skydiving",
"(C)serving as a firefighter",
"(D)traveling in airplanes",
"(E)climbing mountains"
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It is generally believed that while in some cases government should intervene to protect people from risk—by imposing air safety standards, for example- in other cases, such as mountain climbing, the onus should be on the individual to protect himself or herself. In the eyes of the public at large, the demarcation betw... | [
"(A)People should generally not be protected against the risks incurred through activities, such as skydiving, that are dangerous and serve no socially useful purpose.",
"(B)The fact that plane crash victims chose to fly would usually be deemed by policy experts to be largely irrelevant to decisions about the gov... | [
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It is generally believed that while in some cases government should intervene to protect people from risk—by imposing air safety standards, for example- in other cases, such as mountain climbing, the onus should be on the individual to protect himself or herself. In the eyes of the public at large, the demarcation betw... | [
"(A)do not exhaustively characterize the risks that people commonly face",
"(B)have been used to intentionally conceal the factors motivating government efforts to protect people from risks",
"(C)have no meaning beyond their literal, dictionary definitions",
"(D)are mistakenly believed to be characteristics t... | [
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It is generally believed that while in some cases government should intervene to protect people from risk—by imposing air safety standards, for example- in other cases, such as mountain climbing, the onus should be on the individual to protect himself or herself. In the eyes of the public at large, the demarcation betw... | [
"(A)Whenever an activity involves the risk of loss of human life, the government should intervene to reduce the degree of risk incurred.",
"(B)Some environmental risks are voluntary to a greater degree than others are.",
"(C)Policy experts are more likely than laypeople to form an accurate judgment about the vo... | [
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It is generally believed that while in some cases government should intervene to protect people from risk—by imposing air safety standards, for example- in other cases, such as mountain climbing, the onus should be on the individual to protect himself or herself. In the eyes of the public at large, the demarcation betw... | [
"(A)chagrin at the rampant misunderstanding of the relative risks associated with various activities",
"(B)concern that policy guided mainly by laypeople's emphasis on the voluntariness of risk would lead to excessive government regulation",
"(C)skepticism about the reliability of laypeople's intuitions as a ge... | [
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Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense altogether: that of smell. Why... | [
"(A)Despite their pursuit of profit, corporations that produce and market perfumes value artistic skill.",
"(B)A masterpiece perfume evokes reactions that are no less powerful than those evoked by a masterpiece in music or painting.",
"(C)The corporate nature of the perfume business is the reason that so few tr... | [
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Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense altogether: that of smell. Why... | [
"(A)The alteration makes the perfume more closely resemble Joy Parfum.",
"(B)The alteration is done to replace an ingredient that is currently very costly.",
"(C)The alteration replaces a synthetic chemical compound with a natural chemical compound.",
"(D)The alteration is done to make the perfume popular wit... | [
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Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense altogether: that of smell. Why... | [
"(A)perfumers",
"(B)perfume collectors",
"(C)particular perfumes",
"(D)people with expertise in marketing perfumes",
"(E)people with expertise in pricing perfumes"
] | [
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Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense altogether: that of smell. Why... | [
"(A)A work of art can bring about an aesthetic experience through the memories that it evokes.",
"(B)In any work of art, one can detect the harmonious combination of many small sensations.",
"(C)A work of art will inevitably fail if it is created for the sake of commercial success.",
"(D)The best works of art... | [
0
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Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense altogether: that of smell. Why... | [
"(A)As time goes on, its artistry is appreciated more and more.",
"(B)As a work of art, it is no less important than a great piece of sculpture.",
"(C)It was the foremost accomplishment of its time in perfume making.",
"(D)It is a fragrance that is appreciated only by people with refined taste.",
"(E)Its or... | [
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Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense altogether: that of smell. Why... | [
"(A)an art museum curator who caters to popular tastes in choosing works for an exhibition",
"(B)a movie studio executive who imposes cost-saving production restrictions on a film's director",
"(C)a director of an art institute who cuts the annual budget because of projections of declining revenues",
"(D)a bu... | [
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Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense altogether: that of smell. Why... | [
"(A)The names of the world's best perfumes are not known to most customers.",
"(B)The profitability of a particular perfume is not a good indicator of its quality.",
"(C)Companies that sell perfume pay little attention to what their customers want.",
"(D)Perfume makers of the past would never tamper with esta... | [
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Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense altogether: that of smell. Why... | [
"(A)The first paragraph makes an observation, the middle paragraphs elaborate on that observation while considering one possible explanation for it, and the final paragraph delivers an alternative explanation.",
"(B)The first paragraph advances a thesis, the middle paragraphs present a case for that thesis, and t... | [
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"Stealing thunder" is a courtroom strategy that consists in a lawyer's revealing negative information about a client before that information is revealed or elicited by an opposing lawyer. While there is no point in revealing a weakness that is unknown to one's opponents or that would not be exploited by them, many lawy... | [
"(A)Although there are limits to the usefulness of stealing thunder, its effectiveness in actual trials has been demonstrated through research conducted by psychologists and legal scholars.",
"(B)The commonly practiced courtroom strategy of stealing thunder can have unintended consequences if the lawyers using it... | [
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"Stealing thunder" is a courtroom strategy that consists in a lawyer's revealing negative information about a client before that information is revealed or elicited by an opposing lawyer. While there is no point in revealing a weakness that is unknown to one's opponents or that would not be exploited by them, many lawy... | [
"(A)warning jurors that a client on the opposing side has a serious conflict of interest and cannot be trusted",
"(B)disclosing in opening statements of a defense against copyright infringement that one's client has in the past been guilty of plagiarism",
"(C)responding to the opposition's revelation that one's... | [
1
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"Stealing thunder" is a courtroom strategy that consists in a lawyer's revealing negative information about a client before that information is revealed or elicited by an opposing lawyer. While there is no point in revealing a weakness that is unknown to one's opponents or that would not be exploited by them, many lawy... | [
"(A)careful timing of the thunder-stealing message to precede the opposition's similar message by only a short time",
"(B)some lawyers' superior skill in assessing jurors' probable reactions to a message",
"(C)the willingness of some lawyers' clients to testify in person about their own past mistakes",
"(D)ju... | [
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"Stealing thunder" is a courtroom strategy that consists in a lawyer's revealing negative information about a client before that information is revealed or elicited by an opposing lawyer. While there is no point in revealing a weakness that is unknown to one's opponents or that would not be exploited by them, many lawy... | [
"(A)indicate that at least some information mentioned early in a trial can influence the way jurors evaluate information presented later in the trial",
"(B)indicate that jurors bring into court with them certain attitudes and biases that at least in part inform their opinions during trials",
"(C)suggest that da... | [
0
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"Stealing thunder" is a courtroom strategy that consists in a lawyer's revealing negative information about a client before that information is revealed or elicited by an opposing lawyer. While there is no point in revealing a weakness that is unknown to one's opponents or that would not be exploited by them, many lawy... | [
"(A)concerned that the technique may become so common that lawyers will fail to recognize its drawbacks",
"(B)favorable toward its use by lawyers during the opening statements of a case but skeptical of its value otherwise",
"(C)concerned that research results supporting it may omit crucial anecdotal evidence i... | [
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"Stealing thunder" is a courtroom strategy that consists in a lawyer's revealing negative information about a client before that information is revealed or elicited by an opposing lawyer. While there is no point in revealing a weakness that is unknown to one's opponents or that would not be exploited by them, many lawy... | [
"(A)informal surveys of lawyers' clients' reactions to stealing thunder and controlled research based on simulated trial situations",
"(B)statistical surveys of lawyers who steal thunder and observations of lawyers' tactics in trials",
"(C)records of judges' decisions in court cases and the results of studies i... | [
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"Stealing thunder" is a courtroom strategy that consists in a lawyer's revealing negative information about a client before that information is revealed or elicited by an opposing lawyer. While there is no point in revealing a weakness that is unknown to one's opponents or that would not be exploited by them, many lawy... | [
"(A)inclines juries to regard the clients of those using the technique more favorably than would be the case if the negative information about them were first divulged by the opposition",
"(B)is a reliable means, in courtroom settings, of introducing a set of counterarguments that jurors will be able to use in re... | [
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"Stealing thunder" is a courtroom strategy that consists in a lawyer's revealing negative information about a client before that information is revealed or elicited by an opposing lawyer. While there is no point in revealing a weakness that is unknown to one's opponents or that would not be exploited by them, many lawy... | [
"(A)A lawyer should be concerned with how readily the negative information can be positively framed, especially if the information is very negative.",
"(B)A lawyer should take into account, among other things, whether or not the jurors are already familiar with some of the relevant facts of the case prior to the ... | [
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Passage ATo a neuroscientist, you are your brain; nothing causes your behavior other than the operations of your brain. This viewpoint, together with recent findings in neuroscience, radically changes the way we think about the law. The official line in the law is that all that matters is whether you are rational, but ... | [
"(A)Should people be punished for actions that are outside of their control?",
"(B)Does scientific research into the brain have implications regarding freedom of the will?",
"(C)Can actions that are not free be effectively deterred by the threat of punishment?",
"(D)Is the view that retribution is a legitimat... | [
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Passage ATo a neuroscientist, you are your brain; nothing causes your behavior other than the operations of your brain. This viewpoint, together with recent findings in neuroscience, radically changes the way we think about the law. The official line in the law is that all that matters is whether you are rational, but ... | [
"(A)mental disorder",
"(B)free choice",
"(C)causality",
"(D)self-delusion",
"(E)moral responsibility"
] | [
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Passage ATo a neuroscientist, you are your brain; nothing causes your behavior other than the operations of your brain. This viewpoint, together with recent findings in neuroscience, radically changes the way we think about the law. The official line in the law is that all that matters is whether you are rational, but ... | [
"(A)characterize Ayer as someone who is not an original thinker",
"(B)add credence to the theory of soft determinism",
"(C)suggest that the theory of soft determinism is primarily of historical importance",
"(D)suggest that the theory of soft determinism has been in existence as long as mechanistic descriptio... | [
1
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Passage ATo a neuroscientist, you are your brain; nothing causes your behavior other than the operations of your brain. This viewpoint, together with recent findings in neuroscience, radically changes the way we think about the law. The official line in the law is that all that matters is whether you are rational, but ... | [
"(A)engaged",
"(B)dismissive",
"(C)detached",
"(D)ironic",
"(E)skeptical"
] | [
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Passage ATo a neuroscientist, you are your brain; nothing causes your behavior other than the operations of your brain. This viewpoint, together with recent findings in neuroscience, radically changes the way we think about the law. The official line in the law is that all that matters is whether you are rational, but ... | [
"(A)Many word processors are packed with nonessential features that only confuse most users and get in the way of important functions. Word processors with fewer features thus enhance productivity.",
"(B)Economic models generally presume thatctors in an economy are entirely rational. But psychological studies hav... | [
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In a recent study, Mario Garcia argues that in the United States between 1930 and I960 the group of political activists he calls the "Mexican American Generation" was more radical and politically diverse than earlier historians have recognized. Through analysis of the work of some of the era's most important scholars, ... | [
"(A)sought the political goals most popular with other United States citizens",
"(B)fought for equal rights for resident aliens in the United States",
"(C)favored a more liberal United States immigration policy",
"(D)encouraged Mexican Americans to speak Spanish rather than English",
"(E)encouraged Mexican ... | [
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In a recent study, Mario Garcia argues that in the United States between 1930 and I960 the group of political activists he calls the "Mexican American Generation" was more radical and politically diverse than earlier historians have recognized. Through analysis of the work of some of the era's most important scholars, ... | [
"(A)Some of their concerns were similar to those of the Mexican American activists of the 1960s and 1970s.",
"(B)They were more politically diverse than the Mexican American activists of the 1960s and 1970s.",
"(C)They were as militant as the Mexican American activists of the 1960s and 1970s.",
"(D)Most of th... | [
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In a recent study, Mario Garcia argues that in the United States between 1930 and I960 the group of political activists he calls the "Mexican American Generation" was more radical and politically diverse than earlier historians have recognized. Through analysis of the work of some of the era's most important scholars, ... | [
"(A)Increased ethnic consciousness among Mexican Americans accounted for an increase in political activity among them.",
"(B)Increased familiarity among Mexican Americans with United States culture accounted for an increase in political activity among them.",
"(C)The assimilation of many Mexican Americans into ... | [
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In a recent study, Mario Garcia argues that in the United States between 1930 and I960 the group of political activists he calls the "Mexican American Generation" was more radical and politically diverse than earlier historians have recognized. Through analysis of the work of some of the era's most important scholars, ... | [
"(A)Their common goal of liberal reform made them less militant than the Mexican American activists of the 1960s and 1970s.",
"(B)Their common goal of liberal reform did not outweigh their political differences.",
"(C)Their common goal of liberal reform helped them reach a consensus in spite of their political ... | [
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In a recent study, Mario Garcia argues that in the United States between 1930 and I960 the group of political activists he calls the "Mexican American Generation" was more radical and politically diverse than earlier historians have recognized. Through analysis of the work of some of the era's most important scholars, ... | [
"(A)whether or not one can assume that the increase in the number of Mexican Americans born in the United States led to an increase in Mexican American political activism",
"(B)whether or not historians preceding Garcia were correct in their assumptions about Mexican Americans who were politically active between ... | [
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In a recent study, Mario Garcia argues that in the United States between 1930 and I960 the group of political activists he calls the "Mexican American Generation" was more radical and politically diverse than earlier historians have recognized. Through analysis of the work of some of the era's most important scholars, ... | [
"(A)Ethnic consciousness increases when rates of Mexican immigration and naturalization increase.",
"(B)Ethnic consciousness increases when the number of Mexican Americans born in the United States increases.",
"(C)Ethnic consciousness decreases when the number of Mexican Americans assimilating into the culture... | [
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"Never was anything as incoherent, shrill, chaotic and ear-splitting produced in music. The most piercing dissonances clash in a really atrocious harmony, and a few puny ideas only increase the disagreeable and deafening effect." This remark aptly characterizes the reaction of many listeners to the music of Arnold Scho... | [
"(A)Though Schoenberg's music is more widely appreciated today than when he was alive, it is still regarded by many as shrill and incoherent.",
"(B)Because of his accomplishments as a composer,Schoenberg deserves to be as highly regarded as Beethoven.",
"(C)Though Schoenberg's music has not always been well rec... | [
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"Never was anything as incoherent, shrill, chaotic and ear-splitting produced in music. The most piercing dissonances clash in a really atrocious harmony, and a few puny ideas only increase the disagreeable and deafening effect." This remark aptly characterizes the reaction of many listeners to the music of Arnold Scho... | [
"(A)a comedian whose material relies heavily upon vulgar humor",
"(B)a comedian whose humor shines a light on aspects of human nature many people would prefer to ignore",
"(C)a comedian whose material is composed primarily of material already made famous by other comedians",
"(D)a comedian whose material expr... | [
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"Never was anything as incoherent, shrill, chaotic and ear-splitting produced in music. The most piercing dissonances clash in a really atrocious harmony, and a few puny ideas only increase the disagreeable and deafening effect." This remark aptly characterizes the reaction of many listeners to the music of Arnold Scho... | [
"(A)give an accurate account of the music of Beethoven",
"(B)give an accurate account of the music of Schoenberg",
"(C)suggest that even Beethoven composed works of uneven quality",
"(D)suggest that music that is at first seen as alienating need not seem alienating later",
"(E)suggest that one critic can so... | [
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"Never was anything as incoherent, shrill, chaotic and ear-splitting produced in music. The most piercing dissonances clash in a really atrocious harmony, and a few puny ideas only increase the disagreeable and deafening effect." This remark aptly characterizes the reaction of many listeners to the music of Arnold Scho... | [
"(A)They worked for a time in the late-Romanticstyle.",
"(B)Their music has been regarded by some listeners as incoherent, shrill, and chaotic.",
"(C)Their compositions stirred controversy.",
"(D)They worked in changing and evolving musical styles.",
"(E)They altered the language and expressive range of mus... | [
0
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"Never was anything as incoherent, shrill, chaotic and ear-splitting produced in music. The most piercing dissonances clash in a really atrocious harmony, and a few puny ideas only increase the disagreeable and deafening effect." This remark aptly characterizes the reaction of many listeners to the music of Arnold Scho... | [
"(A)the technical mastery of his compositions",
"(B)the use of shifting chromatic harmonies",
"(C)the use of the 12-tone system of musical composition",
"(D)the depiction of emotional states that had never been captured in music before",
"(E)the progression through three different styles of composition seen... | [
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"Never was anything as incoherent, shrill, chaotic and ear-splitting produced in music. The most piercing dissonances clash in a really atrocious harmony, and a few puny ideas only increase the disagreeable and deafening effect." This remark aptly characterizes the reaction of many listeners to the music of Arnold Scho... | [
"(A)Each successive style represents a natural progression from the previous one.",
"(B)Each successive style represents an inexplicabledeparture from the previous one.",
"(C)The second style represents a natural progression from the first, but the third style represents an inexplicable departure from the secon... | [
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Industries that use biotechnology are convinced that intellectual property protection should be allowable for discoveries that stem from research and have commercial potential. Biotechnology researchers in academic institutions increasingly share this view because of their reliance on research funding that is in part c... | [
"(A)By commercializing the research enterprise,biotechnology patents threaten the progress of basic research in the biological sciences.",
"(B)The recent shift away from a communal tradition and toward a market-driven approach to basic scientific research has caused controversy among scientists.",
"(C)The curre... | [
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Industries that use biotechnology are convinced that intellectual property protection should be allowable for discoveries that stem from research and have commercial potential. Biotechnology researchers in academic institutions increasingly share this view because of their reliance on research funding that is in part c... | [
"(A)The competitive dynamics of the market should be allowed to determine the course of basic scientific research.",
"(B)The inventor of a biological material should not be allowed to charge fees that would prevent its use in basic research.",
"(C)Academic researchers should take measures to prevent their compe... | [
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Industries that use biotechnology are convinced that intellectual property protection should be allowable for discoveries that stem from research and have commercial potential. Biotechnology researchers in academic institutions increasingly share this view because of their reliance on research funding that is in part c... | [
"(A)Researchers' prospects for academic advancement depend on both the quality and the quantity of their research.",
"(B)Researchers' funding is often contingent on whether they can produce a patentable product.",
"(C)Researchers see no incompatibility between unfettered basic research and the granting of biote... | [
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Industries that use biotechnology are convinced that intellectual property protection should be allowable for discoveries that stem from research and have commercial potential. Biotechnology researchers in academic institutions increasingly share this view because of their reliance on research funding that is in part c... | [
"(A)In the early days of biotechnology research,scientists freely shared research materials because they were not entitled to intellectual property protection for their inventions",
"(B)Corporate patent holders typically charge excessive fees for the right to conduct research involving their patented materials.",... | [
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Industries that use biotechnology are convinced that intellectual property protection should be allowable for discoveries that stem from research and have commercial potential. Biotechnology researchers in academic institutions increasingly share this view because of their reliance on research funding that is in part c... | [
"(A)furnish a brief account of the evolution of academic biotechnology research",
"(B)establish that present competitive practices in biotechnology research are not entirely unprecedented",
"(C)express nostalgia for a time when biotechnology research was untainted by commercial motives",
"(D)argue that biotec... | [
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Industries that use biotechnology are convinced that intellectual property protection should be allowable for discoveries that stem from research and have commercial potential. Biotechnology researchers in academic institutions increasingly share this view because of their reliance on research funding that is in part c... | [
"(A)Policy makers are no less likely than academic researchers to favor new restrictions on biotechnology patents.",
"(B)Most biotechnology patent holders believe that the pursuit of basic research in academic institutions threatens their market position.",
"(C)Biotechnology researchers who work in academic ins... | [
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