PSAT Questions + Answers Part 4

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QUESTION 40
Her wildlife movies unflinchingly capture the ---- of the animal kingdom: predators stalking their prey, singling out the weak, young, and very old as easy kills, and the cold-blooded killing which is a necessity of life in the wild.
A. brutality B. romance C. color
D. mystery E. grandeur
Correct Answer: A
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
All we need here is a word that summarizes the tone of the second half of the sentence. A word like "violence," "bloodthirstiness," or "brutality" will work.
QUESTION 41
Although the Internet was originally created to facilitate scientific research and emergency communication, today most people consider it ---- enterprise, offering services marketed as sources of information and entertainment.
A. acommercial B. aprivate
C. an obsolete D. an insidious E. aninstitutional
Correct Answer: A
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation


Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
If the Internet today offers "services" that are "marketed," then it is clearly a "commercial" (that is, for- profit) enterprise.
QUESTION 42
Her character was completely ----; she was totally devoid of ----.
A. prosaic..dullness B. prudent..affection C. passive .. inertia
D. impassive .. emotion E. saintly..virtue
Correct Answer: D
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
To be impassive (without feelings) is to be totally devoid of (lacking in) emotion.
QUESTION 43
To succeed in the training program requires great --; you have to endure many months of rigorous exercise.
A. reluctance B. creativity C. diffidence D. insensitivity E. tenacity
Correct Answer: E
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:


To endure many months of training you need great tenacity, or persistence
QUESTION 44
Since eating that ---- amount of food I have become ----.
A. substantial..unchanged B. miniscule..corpulent
C. gargantuan .. emaciated D. prodigious .. bilious
E. impeccable..fastidious
Correct Answer: D
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
If you eat a substantial amount of food, you will not be unchanged (unaffected). If you eat a miniscule amount, you will not become corpulent (excessively fat). If you eat a gargantuan (suitable to a giant) amount, you will certainly not become emaciated (thin to the point of starvation). But if you eat a prodigious (unusually enormous) amount, you are very likely to become bilious (sick to the stomach).
QUESTION 45
The performer was exceedingly ----; she could juggle three apples at once.
A. inept
B. contentious C. complacent D. adroit
E. astute
Correct Answer: D
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
If the performer can juggle three apples at once, she is remarkably skillful, or adroit.


QUESTION 46
I am ---- about the job; although the atmosphere is pleasant, the work is boring.
A. ambivalent B. exultant
C. timorous D. laconic
E. reticent
Correct Answer: A
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
A job that is both pleasant and boring is likely to arouse feelings that are mixed, or ambivalent.
QUESTION 47
Herbert had none of the social graces; he was appallingly ----.
A. unlimbered B. underrated C. unfettered D. uncluttered E. uncouth
Correct Answer: E
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
Having no social graces means to be rude, or crude. The obvious answer is uncouth (uncultured, crude, boorish).
QUESTION 48
The ---- shantytown was infested with vermin and ----with disease.


A. attractive..riddled B. spurious..infected C. squalid .. rife
D. tidy .. inoculated
E. lugubrious..fraught
Correct Answer: C
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
A shantytown is a collection of ramshackle dwellings that are often miserable, dirty, or squalid. Such places are likely to be rife, or filled, with disease.
QUESTION 49
The gathering was anything but ----; the partygoers were in a(n) ---- mood.
A. aggressive..pushy
B. modest..humble
C. gregarious .. loquacious D. mournful .. ebullient
E. hostile..frenetic
Correct Answer: D
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
The "anything but" construction calls for words that are opposites. The only answer choice that offers a pair of opposites is (D), mournful (sad) and ebullient (joyful).
QUESTION 50
The entering class was fairly ----; nearly all the students came from a ---- background.
A. hostile..receptive
B. homogeneous..similar


C. formidable .. fastidious D. exemplary .. related
E. parochial..redundant
Correct Answer: B
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
Since the second clause of the sentence defines the first, the only possible answer must be a pair of synonyms. The only such pair is answer (B), homogeneous (alike) and
QUESTION 51
When you are restive, you don't have much ----.
A. restlessness B. animosity
C. equanimity D. motion
E. equilibrium
Correct Answer: C
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
When you are restive (nervous, upset), you may have at the same time restlessness, animosity, motion, or equilibrium, but you cannot have equanimity (evenness, peace of mind, or tranquility).
QUESTION 52
With speculative investments like oil wells and horse races, money is more easily made or lost; the gain is ---- with the risk.
A. less
B. greater C. equal


D. better
E. commensurate
Correct Answer: E
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
In speculation, a gain is not necessarily greater or less or better with risk. It may occasionally be equal with the risk, but it is most usually commensurate (corresponding in extent of degree) with it.
QUESTION 53
To tremble in the face of a storm is to ----.
A. glower B. cower C. shower D. tower E. flower
Correct Answer: B
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
"To tremble in the face of a storm" is to show fear or discomfort in a special way. Glower (to stare or scowl with sullen anger) does not connote fear or trembling; neither do shower, tower, or flower. To cower is to crouch, as from fear or cold, or to shrink and tremble.
QUESTION 54
Eleanor steadfastly refused to change her stubborn ways; she remained ---- to the end.
A. embattled B. regurgitating C. recalcitrant D. decalcified


E. concomitant
Correct Answer: C
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
Embattled (fighting), regurgitating (bringing partly digested food back to the mouth), decalcified (having calcium removed from the system), and concomitant (accompanying, attendant) do not in any way suggest a steadfast refusal to submit to change. The only possible choice is recalcitrant (refusing to obey authority, stubbornly defiant)
QUESTION 55
Benjamin Franklin said that ---- is not always a virtue; there are times when you must speak up for yourself.
A. pride
B. forthrightness C. sham
D. prudery
E. modesty
Correct Answer: E
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
The context of this sentence suggests that "not speaking up for yourself" is not always good; in other words, the missing term has something to do with self- effacement. Only modesty can fill this gap properly.
QUESTION 56
They ---- their offer of aid when they became disillusioned with the project
A. expanded B. redoubled C. bolstered D. constrained E. rescinded


Correct Answer: E
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
The sentence describes people who are disillusioned with a project. They are therefore most likely to rescind, or withdraw, their offer of aid.
QUESTION 57
The firm's books were out of balance; there was a (n) ---- between the amount of physical inventory and the amount of calculated inventory.
A. anachronism B. enigma
C. discredit
D. discrepancy E. dissension
Correct Answer: D
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
If the "books were out of balance," there had to be some sort of differential between the two inventories. Only the last two choices pertain to any differential. Dissension, however, is a difference in feelings; discrepancy (inconsistency) fits the context.
QUESTION 58
As a ---- he was a disaster, for his students rarely understood his lectures; yet he was a ---- scholar.
A. dean..banal
B. philosopher .. failed
C. teacher .. formidable
D. professor .. second-rate E. speaker .. contemptuous
Correct Answer: C


Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
Yet indicates that the second clause will have a meaning that contrasts with that of the first clause. In the first clause, someone is a disaster. The only choice for the second blank that contrasts with that idea is formidable, meaning that he was a first-rate scholar.
QUESTION 59
Far from the ---- crowds of the city, I find refuge at my ---- cabin on Big Lake.
A. pervasive..dominant
B. aggressive..listless
C. petrified .. motivating
D. overwhelming .. secluded E. extensive..scanty
Correct Answer: D
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
The logic of this sentence is based on contrast; the clues are crowds, refuge, and cabin. In choices A. and (B), the first substitution works, but the second is meaningless. In choices C. and (E), neither word lakes sense in context.
QUESTION 60
The professor's oldest colleague was selected to give the __________ at the funeral.
A. eulogy B. elegy
C. epigraph D. eponymy E. epitaph
Correct Answer: A
Section: Sentence Completion Questions


Explanation Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
What is the name of the kind of talk that is delivered at a funeral? Eulogy. If you know this, the answer pops out at you. If you did not know it, consider each of the choices in their turn. Epigraph is a quote at the beginning of a piece of writing. Eponymy is something with the same name as something else. Epitaph is what is written on a gravestone. That leaves A. and (B). Elegy is a poem written in memory. You don't "give" a poem. That leaves (A), the correct answer.
QUESTION 61
The new team member's __________ was an encouragement to the rest of the team, who had become __________ by the string of defeats.
A. enthusiasm..elated
B. vigor..inundated
C. ebullience. .dispirited
D. dourness. .undone
E. excessiveness..downcast
Correct Answer: C
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
On this dual-blank sentence, let's do the first blank first since we know that the blank was an encouragement to the rest of the team. Good spirits would be an encouragement to the rest of the team. You can eliminate D. and (E). As for the second blank, what does a string of defeats do to a team? It discourages them. (A), elated, does not match this. Nor does (B), inundated. But (C), dispirited, fits well and you've already eliminated D. and (E). Choice C. is the best answer.
QUESTION 62
By the end of the campaign both candidates had resorted to __________ the other.
A. commending B. denigrating C. mollifying
D. conceding E. swindling
Correct Answer: B


Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
You might not know what resorted means, but if you know it's a negative word, you can make an educated guess. Which of the answer choices is also a negative verb? (A), (C), and D. are not. E. is not a good answer because swindling has nothing to do with campaigning.
Choice B. is the best choice.
QUESTION 63
The cat __________ crept across the lawn, gracefully __________ the dog.
A. felicitously..enticing
B. swiftly..defeating
C. acrobatically. .apprehending D. maladroitly. .undermining
E. deftly..eluding
Correct Answer: E
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
The second half of the sentence gives more clues, so you ought to start here. What are cats most likely to do to dogs? Avoid them, probably--which will lead you to (E), the correct answer. But for good measure, let's eliminate the other possibilities. For a cat to undermine a dog isn't logical. Being undermined is something that happens to humans or projects, so you can definitely eliminate (D). One could say that a cat enticed a dog to do something, but it isn't good usage simply to say that the cat enticed the dog. Eliminate (A). Is it likely for a cat to gracefully apprehend a dog? No. Eliminate (C).
QUESTION 64
The storyteller's __________ anecdotes earned her the __________ attention of the crowd.
A. compelling..rapt
B. pointed..spellbound
C. moribund. .lucid
D. poignant. .abrasive
E. meandering..distracted


Correct Answer: A
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
Attack the second blank first. The most likely adjective to describe attention will be something like undivided or rapt. (A), which includes rapt, is the answer. (B), which includes spellbound, is also possible. But pointed anecdotes doesn't make sense, so the answer is (A).
QUESTION 65
The bill became bogged down in a(n) __________ of contentious issues in a Senate subcommittee.
A. marsh
B. sequence C. iota
D. conundrum E. quagmire
Correct Answer: E
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
You know the word is going to be negative: both bogged and contentious tell you so. Eliminate (B). Now think that the word is basically going to mean mess. You can eliminate A. and (C). Conundrum is a confusing problem, not really a messy situation. E. is the best answer.
QUESTION 66
The outcome of the race seemed __________ before the leader's misstep on the final leg gave her competitors a(n) __________ of winning the title.
A. dubious..prospect
B. inevitable..hope
C. indubitable. .air
D. assured. .expectation E. partial..endeavor


Correct Answer: B
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
Here the first blank seems more approachable. The reference to a clear leader indicates that the outcome was known. Eliminate A. and (E). For the second blank, the clue is that the leader misstepped and so rest of the competitors must have gotten a chance at the title, but they weren't assured a victory.
Eliminate D. and (C). The answer is (B).
QUESTION 67
Though the new pharmaceutical regime was intended to be beneficial, its actual effect was __________, a result the medical community __________.
A. harmful..heralded
B. abundant..castigated C. fortuitous. .ignored
D. detrimental. .lamented E. negative..projected
Correct Answer: D
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
Consider the first blank. The word though indicates that the drug was intended to be beneficial but ultimately was not. Do any of the answer choices mean not beneficial? (A), (D), and E. do. How would the medical community respond to a bad result? Ostensibly they would think that a bad result was bad.
That eliminates A. and (E). This leaves (D).
QUESTION 68
The life of the lightening bug is __________ to human eyes: They live only twenty-four hours.
A. ludicrous
B. ephemeral C. epic
D. ecstatic
E. incandescent


Correct Answer: B
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
A life that only lasts 24 hours is what in comparison to a normal human life? It is short. Which of the answer choices contains the notion of shortness in its meaning? (B), ephemeral, does.
QUESTION 69
The kangaroo species __________ in the new environment where there was an abundant supply of food and a(n) __________ of predators.
A. stagnated..excess
B. bolstered..paucity
C. exploded. .abundance D. flagged. .absence
E. flourished..dearth
Correct Answer: E
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
What is a species likely to do in an environment? It either grows in number or diminishes in number. Each of the first words, except in (B), could mean one of those things. Eliminate (B). When you discover that there is an abundance of food, you know that the first word will suggest that the kangaroos increased in numbers. Eliminate A. and (D). Now you need the second part of the sentence. To grow in numbers, the kangaroos will need an absence or near absence of predators. Eliminate (C). You are left with (E).
QUESTION 70
With her speech, the politician attempted to __________ the fears of the __________ citizens.
A. intensify..disingenuous B. ignore..alarmed
C. assuage. .concerned D. quell. .disaffected


E. exploit..serene
Correct Answer: C
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
The best clue in this sentence is "fears." Citizens with fears can only be concerned or alarmed. That leaves B. and (C). It's not particularly logical to say that a speech is designed to ignore something. On the other hand, it is common to use assuage with fears. The best answer is C.
QUESTION 71
The fencing champion was __________ with her rapier, but in most other sports she was rather __________.
A. adroit..awkward
B. adept..lithe
C. tenacious. .passable D. incompetent. .clumsy E. deft..skillfu
Correct Answer: A
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
Let's attack the first blank. If the female is a fencing champion then she must be skillful with her rapier (her sword). Which of the first answer choices matches skillful? Choices (A), (B), and E. do. C. is possible but not likely. As for the second blank, the conjunction but indicates that her skillfulness in fencing is in contrast to her lack of skill in other sports. Which of the remaining second answer choices matches with this pre-guess? Only awkward, choice (A), does.
QUESTION 72
Jane Goodall was at first a (n) __________ in her field, but since then she has received many accolades for her work.
A. acolyte B. maverick C. luminary D. charlatan


E. miser
Correct Answer: B
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
There is a contrast drawn in the sentence between receiving accolades-- praise, awards--and Jane Goodall's initial standing in her field. She must have met with a lack of support or outright disapproval. Eliminate E. because it is illogical. Eliminate C. because it goes with, rather than against, accolades. An acolyte is someone who assists a clergyman, so you can eliminate (A). You are left with B. and (D). A charlatan is a fake, an incompetent. If the sentence said, "Some people thought she was a ----," charlatan might work, but it says she actually was "a ---." She couldn't have been a fake and later gotten awards. Eliminate (D). You are left with (B), a maverick, an independent thinker, a dissenter, a pioneer.
QUESTION 73
Alston was impressed by the philosopher's lecture, but Mario thought the lecture was better characterized as __________ than as erudite.
A. translucent B. recondite C. impeccable D. specious E. fictitious
Correct Answer: D
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
This sentence is contrasting the views of Alston and Mario (the conjunction but clues you into this fact). Alston thinks that the lecture was impressive, which probably means smart, accurate, logical. Mario's view is in contrast to this. You can eliminate A. and (C). Recondite is not likely to be a word to describe a lecture, so eliminate (B). You are left with specious or fictitious. Specious means logically false; fictitious comes from fiction, and presumably the philosopher didn't tell a story but rather made an argument. Choice D. is the best answer.
QUESTION 74
The senior official __________ at the insinuation that his country's international trade policies were directly __________ the region's economic woes. A. balked..responsiblefor


B. wrinkled..atfaultfor
C. staggered. .inhibiting
D. blundered. .implicated in E. riled..accountableto
Correct Answer: A
Section: Sentence Completion Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
If you know that insinuation is a negative word, you can guess that the first blank will describe a logical response to a negative thing. Balk is a common word in this situation, but if you don't know that use the process of elimination. You can eliminate B. and probably D. because they are not negative words. Move to the next blank. If the official's response is negative, it's most logical that he is accused of having something to do with the economic woes. Eliminate (C). That leaves A. and E. as the most likely answers. But you don't "rile" at something; it's not good usage. Eliminate E. and you are left with (A).
QUESTION 75
When Rob became interested in electricity, his clear-headed father considered the boy's fancy to be instructive as well as amusing; so he heartily encouraged his son, and Rob never lacked batteries, motors, or supplies of any sort that his experiments might require.
He fitted up the little back room in the attic as his workshop, and from thence, a network of wires soon ran throughout the house. Not only had every outside door its electric bell, but every window was fitted with a burglar alarm; moreover, no one could cross the threshold of any interior room without registering the fact in Rob's work- shop. The gas was lighted by an electric fob; a chime, connected with an erratic clock in the boy's room, woke the servants at all hours of the night and caused the cook to give warning; a bell rang whenever the postman dropped a letter into the box; there were bells, bells, bells everywhere, ringing at the right time, the wrong time and all the time. And there were telephones in the different rooms, too, through which Rob could call up the different members of the family just when they did not wish to be disturbed. His mother and sisters soon came to vote the boy's scientific craze a nuisance; but his father was delighted with these evidences of Rob's skill as an electrician and insisted that he be allowed perfect freedom in carrying out his ideas.
Which is the best selection describing the social commentary inferred in the passage?
A. Fatherknowsbest.
B. Fathermakesthedecisionsasheadofhousehold.
C. Mother provides input taken into consideration by father.
D. Mother has half decision-making authority over the children.
E. Sistershaveavoteinthefamilybusinessasdoallfamilymembers
Correct Answer: A
Section: Reading Comprehension Questions


Explanation Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
Although Choice B looks accurate, there is nothing to be inferred as this is what the reader sees directly from the passage. Choice A qualifies as the best selection as it is only inferred that father knows best.
QUESTION 76
When Rob became interested in electricity, his clear-headed father considered the boy's fancy to be instructive as well as amusing; so he heartily encouraged his son, and Rob never lacked batteries, motors, or supplies of any sort that his experiments might require.
He fitted up the little back room in the attic as his workshop, and from thence, a network of wires soon ran throughout the house. Not only had every outside door its electric bell, but every window was fitted with a burglar alarm; moreover, no one could cross the threshold of any interior room without registering the fact in Rob's work- shop. The gas was lighted by an electric fob; a chime, connected with an erratic clock in the boy's room, woke the servants at all hours of the night and caused the cook to give warning; a bell rang whenever the postman dropped a letter into the box; there were bells, bells, bells everywhere, ringing at the right time, the wrong time and all the time. And there were telephones in the different rooms, too, through which Rob could call up the different members of the family just when they did not wish to be disturbed. His mother and sisters soon came to vote the boy's scientific craze a nuisance; but his father was delighted with these evidences of Rob's skill as an electrician and insisted that he be allowed perfect freedom in carrying out his ideas.
The author's purpose for the second paragraph is:
A. toshowhowingeniousRobwas
B. toevidencethatRoblackedfornosupplies.
C. to represent just how far Rob's experiments went
D. to fully develop the latitude father gave and the control he had.
E. toshowjusthowintrusivetheexperimentswere,muchtothechagrinofallinhabitants
Correct Answer: D
Section: Reading Comprehension Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
The author uses this paragraph to fully demonstrate the latitude given to Rob but as importantly, the control, as head of household, father has on the house.
QUESTION 77
When Rob became interested in electricity, his clear-headed father considered the boy's fancy to be instructive as well as amusing; so he heartily encouraged his son, and Rob never lacked batteries, motors, or supplies of any sort that his experiments might require.


He fitted up the little back room in the attic as his workshop, and from thence, a network of wires soon ran throughout the house. Not only had every outside door its electric bell, but every window was fitted with a burglar alarm; moreover, no one could cross the threshold of any interior room without registering the fact in Rob's work- shop. The gas was lighted by an electric fob; a chime, connected with an erratic clock in the boy's room, woke the servants at all hours of the night and caused the cook to give warning; a bell rang whenever the postman dropped a letter into the box; there were bells, bells, bells everywhere, ringing at the right time, the wrong time and all the time. And there were telephones in the different rooms, too, through which Rob could call up the different members of the family just when they did not wish to be disturbed. His mother and sisters soon came to vote the boy's scientific craze a nuisance; but his father was delighted with these evidences of Rob's skill as an electrician and insisted that he be allowed perfect freedom in carrying out his ideas.
Paragraph three performs which of the following functions?
A. showsthatmotherandsister'sinputisvaluableandheralded
B. showsfatheriswillingtolistenandalterdecisionsifwarranted
C. postulates the notion that perhaps the experiments have gone too far D. demonstrates the continuing grip father has over the entire household E. warrantsarethinkingofthecontinuoussupplyingofmaterialstoRob
Correct Answer: D
Section: Reading Comprehension Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
Notwithstanding Rob's mother and sisters feel that the experiments are a nuisance, father still holds firm in his decision to allow things to continue, reinforcing the control father has over the entire house.
QUESTION 78
In conclusion, it seized first the corpse of the daughter, and thrust it up the chimney, as it was found; then that of the old lady, which it immediately hurled through the window headlong. As the ape approached the casement with its mutilated burden, the sailor shrank aghast to the rod, and, rather gliding than clambering down it, hurried at once home--dreading the consequences of the butchery, and gladly abandoning, in his terror, all solicitude about the fate of the Ourang-Outang. The words heard by the party upon the staircase were the Frenchman's exclamations of horror and affright, commingled with the fiendish jabberings of the brute.
I have scarcely anything to add. The Ourang-Outang must have escaped from the chamber, by the rod, just before the break of the door. It must have closed the window as it passed through it. It was subsequently caught by the owner himself, who obtained for it a very large sum at the Jardin des Plantes. Le Don was instantly released, upon our narration of the circumstances (with some comments from Dupin) at the bureau of the Prefect of Police. This functionary, however well disposed to my friend, could not altogether conceal his chagrin at the turn which affairs had taken, and was fain to indulge in a sarcasm or two, about the propriety of every person minding his own business.
The word "solicitude" in 1st paragraph most nearly means A. interest.


B. curiosity. C. concern. D. anger. E. fear
Correct Answer: C
Section: Reading Comprehension Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
The sailor, having seen the murderous scene, lost all concern for the well-being of his animal.
QUESTION 79
In conclusion, it seized first the corpse of the daughter, and thrust it up the chimney, as it was found; then that of the old lady, which it immediately hurled through the window headlong. As the ape approached the casement with its mutilated burden, the sailor shrank aghast to the rod, and, rather gliding than clambering down it, hurried at once home--dreading the consequences of the butchery, and gladly abandoning, in his terror, all solicitude about the fate of the Ourang-Outang. The words heard by the party upon the staircase were the Frenchman's exclamations of horror and affright, commingled with the fiendish jabberings of the brute.
I have scarcely anything to add. The Ourang-Outang must have escaped from the chamber, by the rod, just before the break of the door. It must have closed the window as it passed through it. It was subsequently caught by the owner himself, who obtained for it a very large sum at the Jardin des Plantes. Le Don was instantly released, upon our narration of the circumstances (with some comments from Dupin) at the bureau of the Prefect of Police. This functionary, however well disposed to my friend, could not altogether conceal his chagrin at the turn which affairs had taken, and was fain to indulge in a sarcasm or two, about the propriety of every person minding his own business.
The word "brute" at the end of 1st paragraph
A. thefiend.
B. thesailor.
C. the Ourang-Outang. D. the party.
E. theFrenchman.
Correct Answer: C
Section: Reading Comprehension Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:


The word "brute" refers back to the animal whose animal noises or "fiendish jabberings" were heard from the chamber.
QUESTION 80
In conclusion, it seized first the corpse of the daughter, and thrust it up the chimney, as it was found; then that of the old lady, which it immediately hurled through the window headlong. As the ape approached the casement with its mutilated burden, the sailor shrank aghast to the rod, and, rather gliding than clambering down it, hurried at once home--dreading the consequences of the butchery, and gladly abandoning, in his terror, all solicitude about the fate of the Ourang-Outang. The words heard by the party upon the staircase were the Frenchman's exclamations of horror and affright, commingled with the fiendish jabberings of the brute.
I have scarcely anything to add. The Ourang-Outang must have escaped from the chamber, by the rod, just before the break of the door. It must have closed the window as it passed through it. It was subsequently caught by the owner himself, who obtained for it a very large sum at the Jardin des Plantes. Le Don was instantly released, upon our narration of the circumstances (with some comments from Dupin) at the bureau of the Prefect of Police. This functionary, however well disposed to my friend, could not altogether conceal his chagrin at the turn which affairs had taken, and was fain to indulge in a sarcasm or two, about the propriety of every person minding his own business.
Which selection best rephrases "I have scarcely anything to add" starting of 2nd paragraph?
A. Ionlyhavealittlebitmoretotell.
B. I'mafraidofwhatIhavelefttotell.
C. I'm concerned I can't add much more. D. I don't know anything else to add.
E. I'vetoldyoueverythingIknow.
Correct Answer: D
Section: Reading Comprehension Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
"I have scarcely anything to add" is almost a euphemism but literally means, having solved the mystery, "I don't know anything else to add."
QUESTION 81
In conclusion, it seized first the corpse of the daughter, and thrust it up the chimney, as it was found; then that of the old lady, which it immediately hurled through the window headlong. As the ape approached the casement with its mutilated burden, the sailor shrank aghast to the rod, and, rather gliding than clambering down it, hurried at once home--dreading the consequences of the butchery, and gladly abandoning, in his terror, all solicitude about the fate of the Ourang-Outang. The words heard by the party upon the staircase were the Frenchman's exclamations of horror and affright, commingled with the fiendish jabberings of the brute.
I have scarcely anything to add. The Ourang-Outang must have escaped from the chamber, by the rod, just before the break of the door. It must have closed the window as it passed through it. It was subsequently caught by the owner himself, who obtained for it a very large sum at the Jardin des Plantes. Le Don was instantly released, upon our narration of the circumstances (with some comments from Dupin) at the bureau of the Prefect of Police. This functionary, however well disposed to my friend, could not altogether conceal his chagrin at the turn which affairs had taken, and was fain to indulge in a sarcasm or two, about the propriety


of every person minding his own business.
Which selection best describes the action referred to by "break of the door" 2nd paragraph?
A. Thedoorwasbrokenintobyusingarod.
B. Thepartybrokedownthedoor.
C. The party entered through the door broken by the brute.
D. The Ourang-Outang broke the door to gain entry.
E. ThesailorbrokeintothechamberallowingtheOurang-Outangtofollow.
Correct Answer: B
Section: Reading Comprehension Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
We know the Ourang-Outang did not break the door because it escaped from the window just before the door was broken. Since everyone else had already escaped or was dead, only someone from the outside could have broken the door. The party of people investigating the noises coming from the chamber had to break down the door to gain entrance.
QUESTION 82
Your knowledge of English Literature--to which I am indebted for the first faithful and intelligent translation of my novels into the Italian language--has long since informed you, that there are certain important social topics which are held to be forbidden to the English novelist (no matter how seriously and how delicately he may treat them), by a narrow-minded minority of readers, and by the critics who flatter their prejudices. You also know, having done me the honor to read my books; that I respect my art far too sincerely to permit limits to be wantonly assigned to it, which are imposed in no other civilized country on the face of the earth. When my work is undertaken with a pure purpose, I claim the same liberty which is accorded to a writer in a newspaper, or to a clergyman in a pulpit; knowing, by pre- vious experience, that the increase of readers and the lapse of time will assuredly do me justice, if I have only written well enough to deserve it.
What is the overall mood of this passage?
A. incipient B. witty
C. sarcastic D. curious E. angry
Correct Answer: E
Section: Reading Comprehension Questions


Explanation Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
The author is angered that he has to write for a foreign audience as the critics of the time in his homeland refuse to endorse his treatment of a social occurrence.
QUESTION 83
Your knowledge of English Literature--to which I am indebted for the first faithful and intelligent translation of my novels into the Italian language--has long since informed you, that there are certain important social topics which are held to be forbidden to the English novelist (no matter how seriously and how delicately he may treat them), by a narrow-minded minority of readers, and by the critics who flatter their prejudices. You also know, having done me the honor to read my books; that I respect my art far too sincerely to permit limits to be wantonly assigned to it, which are imposed in no other civilized country on the face of the earth. When my work is undertaken with a pure purpose, I claim the same liberty which is accorded to a writer in a newspaper, or to a clergyman in a pulpit; knowing, by pre- vious experience, that the increase of readers and the lapse of time will assuredly do me justice, if I have only written well enough to deserve it.
Which statement least describes the author's feelings about English critics?
A. Theyarenoteducatedenoughtounderstandthesocialimplicationsofthesewritings.
B. Theythinkmoreoftheirartificialairsthanofdealingwithcurrentsocialissues.
C. They do not know how to deal with enlightened authors so they forbid the reading of them.
D. They wish their country to remain sheltered and backward by restricting authors' freedoms.
E. Theyarewonttoholdotherswhoexpressviewsinvariousforumstothesamerestrictionsasliteraryauthors.
Correct Answer: A
Section: Reading Comprehension Questions Explanation
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
All of the selections represent some feelings expressed by the author in dealing with the issue of censorship with the exception of Choice A.