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Section 31<br />

Practice Test Nine<br />

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5. Readers previously -------by <strong>the</strong> complexity and<br />

------- ofJoyce's Ulysses will find Gilbert's study of<br />

<strong>the</strong> novel a helpful introduction.<br />

(A) charmed . . obscurity<br />

(B) rejected . . length<br />

(C) inhibited . . intelligibility<br />

(D) daunted . . allusiveness<br />

(E) enlightened . . transparency<br />

6. Aware that <strong>the</strong> pace of construction had slowed,<br />

but unwilling to risk ------- <strong>the</strong> wrath of <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

superiors, <strong>the</strong> project managers continued to -<br />

that <strong>the</strong> highway extension would be completed on<br />

schedule.<br />

(A) comprehending . . prove<br />

(B) divulging . . argue<br />

(C) incurring . . maintain<br />

(D) predicting . . assert<br />

(E) detecting . . believe<br />

-----­<br />

7. Though she earned her ------- as a muralist, <strong>the</strong><br />

artist felt that she ------- more acclaim <strong>for</strong> her<br />

sculpture.<br />

(A) anonymity . . escaped<br />

(B) reputation . . deserved<br />

(C) fame . . deferred<br />

(D) distinction . . justified<br />

(E) notoriety . . publicized<br />

8. As a young man, Thomas Merton underwent<br />

a religious conversion, gradually changing<br />

from ------- to a devout Roman Catholic.<br />

(A) an archetype<br />

(B) a bibliophile<br />

(C) a martinet<br />

(D) an aes<strong>the</strong>te<br />

(E) an agnostic<br />

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