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Section 8<br />

71 2 Practice Test Eight<br />

5. Though <strong>the</strong> politician's inauguration was a<br />

generally ------- occasion, it was not without<br />

moments of-------, including a few jokes during<br />

her acceptance speech.<br />

(A) grim . . cleverness<br />

(B) exciting . . curiosity<br />

( C) mirthful . . humor<br />

(D) solemn . . levity<br />

(E) sober . . gravity<br />

6. We usually imagine <strong>the</strong> French aristocracy to have<br />

lived a life of-------, but <strong>the</strong>re is new evidence that<br />

many of its members were <strong>for</strong>ced by exigencies to<br />

be quite frugal.<br />

(A) thrift<br />

(B) malice<br />

( C) prudence<br />

(D) opulence<br />

(E) beneficence<br />

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