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Section 5
Practice Test Six
18. The references to "linguists" (line 23, Passage 1)
and "those who have background in anthropology"
(lines 73-74, Passage 2) both provide examples of
(A) uppity know-it-alls whose theories have little
practical value
(B) researchers whose theories are inspired but
incorrect
(C) fields of which the authors are members
(D) academic authorities who bolster the authors'
arguments
(E) professionals who study human culture
19. In line 58, Passage 2's author uses quotation marks
in order to
(A) define a commonly misunderstood word
(B) denote his distaste for the idea being
expressed
(C) poke fun at the folly of early Americans
(D) refer to a particular document
(E) introduce diction from a historical context
20. According to Passage 2, the "Founding Fathers"
mentioned in line 55 would most likely be
"appalled" at which of the following?
(A) a candidate who refuses to take a stance on a
particular issue
(B) a citizen who always votes for the same
political party regardless of its platform
( C) a rebel who disagrees with one of the major
values of his or her culture
(D) a foreigner who attempts to spread his or her
ideas in the United States
(E) a political theorist who purports to have a
solution to every problem the nation faces
21. The authors of both passages would likely support
the idea that language is
(A) the primary distinguishing factor of
humanity
(B) a tool for preserving cultural identity
(C) common to many species across the globe
(D) a useful adaptation for survival
(E) an important topic for serious academic
study
22. The author of Passage 1 would likely feel that in
lines 108-110 ("Still . .. choices"), the author of
Passage 2 is
(A) making an unfair claim that humans can do
things that other mammals cannot
(B) successfully capturing the primary factor that
separates people from the lower beasts
(C) overestimating humans' intelligence
and underestimating the power of
communication
(D) attributing moral value to something that is
really just an adaptation for individual
survival
(E) forgetting to take useful teachings from the
field of social psychology into account
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