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Section 6<br />

Practice Test Five<br />

5.<br />

Jack's essay was not ------- one, as he had written it<br />

hurriedly <strong>the</strong> night be<strong>for</strong>e from a careless ------- of<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation and research data.<br />

(A) a rambling . . collage<br />

(B) an ambiguous . . development<br />

(C) a coherent . . hodgepodge<br />

(D) an amorphous . . morass<br />

(E) an unintelligible . . harangue<br />

6. In <strong>the</strong> 19th century, when few women were<br />

involved in political life and most were <strong>for</strong>ced<br />

to remain in <strong>the</strong> home, <strong>the</strong> rebellious Constance<br />

Markievicz succeeded in ------- politics and ------­<br />

<strong>the</strong> domesticity planned <strong>for</strong> her.<br />

(A) obtaining . . succumbing to<br />

(B) escaping . . subverting<br />

(C) pursuing . . avoiding<br />

(D) ignoring . . observing<br />

(E) disavowing . . enjoying<br />

8. The students wanted to create a new university<br />

radio show that celebrated innovation, creativity,<br />

and diversity by providing an ------- of different<br />

types of music, combining progressive pop, jazz,<br />

reggae, classical, and new music.<br />

(A) induction<br />

(B) amalgam<br />

. .<br />

(C) immers10n<br />

(D) occlusion<br />

(E) estrangement<br />

7. The ------- of American baseball, its "seeming<br />

inviolability," was tainted in <strong>the</strong> late 1990s when<br />

investigators uncovered several unlawful drugrelated<br />

abuses among players.<br />

(A) turpitude<br />

(B) sacrosanctity<br />

( C) perspicuity<br />

(D) verisimilitude<br />

(E) duplicity<br />

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