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Section 7<br />

628 Practice Test Seven<br />

10. In line 34, <strong>the</strong> author most likely describes <strong>the</strong> way<br />

Leonardo "turned his mind to <strong>the</strong> natural world"<br />

in order to show that<br />

(A) Leonardo's mind was constantly leaping<br />

from one topic to ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />

(B) elements of <strong>the</strong> natural world are all<br />

interconnected<br />

(C) Leonardo's mind was preoccupied with<br />

scientific experiments<br />

(D) Leonardo preferred artistic pursuits to<br />

scientific inquiry<br />

(E) Leonardo tended to become distracted<br />

by his artistic projects<br />

11. The author of Passage 1 is critical of Leonardo's<br />

"pensieri" (line 47) primarily because <strong>the</strong>y<br />

(A) are factually incorrect<br />

(B) do not constitute a systematic body of<br />

thought<br />

( C) contradict widely accepted scientific<br />

principles<br />

(D) were never thoroughly tested<br />

(E) are based on intuition ra<strong>the</strong>r than<br />

observation<br />

12. In <strong>the</strong> last paragraph of Passage 1, <strong>the</strong> author's<br />

attitude toward modern scientific investigation<br />

can best be characterized as<br />

(A) sentimental<br />

(B) disparaging<br />

(C) respectful<br />

(D) detached<br />

(E) superficial<br />

13. In lines 61-65, <strong>the</strong> author is critical of some of<br />

Leonardo's biographers primarily because <strong>the</strong>y<br />

(A) overestimate his artistic genius<br />

(B) do not adequately recognize his technological<br />

contributions<br />

( C) are careless in <strong>the</strong>ir analyses of his writings<br />

(D) understate <strong>the</strong> importance of his artistic<br />

masterpieces<br />

(E) ignore <strong>the</strong> value of science in relation to art<br />

and culture<br />

14. The author of Passage 2 considers Leonardo's<br />

approach to work "revolutionary" (line 76)<br />

principally because he<br />

(A) attempted to replace humans and animals<br />

with machines<br />

(B) adapted traditional solutions to previously<br />

impossible tasks<br />

( C) studied <strong>the</strong> mechanics of muscles with<br />

unprecedented thoroughness<br />

(D) proposed technical solutions that most<br />

people regarded as impossible to achieve<br />

(E) shifted <strong>the</strong> main burden of industry from<br />

human to animal power<br />

15. In lines 85-91, <strong>the</strong> discussion of wheeled vehicles<br />

is presented in order to support <strong>the</strong> author's point<br />

about Leonardo's<br />

(A) thoroughness in examining all possible<br />

solutions to a problem<br />

(B) tendency to let his artistic genius interfere<br />

with his effectiveness as an engineer<br />

( C) ability to arrive immediately at <strong>the</strong> best way<br />

of approaching a technical task<br />

(D) harmful practice of moving from one idea to<br />

<strong>the</strong> next<br />

(E) underestimation of traditional technology<br />

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