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Section 31<br />

Practice Test Nine<br />

773<br />

19. In line 62, "notable" most nearly means<br />

(A) infamous<br />

(B) conspicuous<br />

(C) important<br />

(D) glaring<br />

(E) remarkable<br />

20. The phrase "<strong>the</strong>y acrnunt <strong>for</strong> . .. hunter's bag"<br />

(lines 70-72) suggests that <strong>the</strong> animals most often<br />

depicted in cave paintings<br />

(A) were not hunted by Cro-Magnon people<br />

(B) played an important role in hunting rituals<br />

(C) represented important figures in Cro-Magnon<br />

mythology<br />

(D) were not <strong>the</strong> ones most often hunted by<br />

Cro-Magnons<br />

(E) were misleadingly shown surrounded by<br />

human hunters<br />

21. Which best captures <strong>the</strong> meaning of <strong>the</strong> phrase<br />

"functional interpretations" in line 78?<br />

(A) definitions<br />

(B) analogies<br />

( C) philosophies<br />

(D) explanations<br />

(E) techniques<br />

22. According to paragraph 4, <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>ories mentioned<br />

in lines 78-81 "fell into disfavor" when scientists<br />

discovered that<br />

(A) <strong>the</strong> Cro-Magnons were more advanced than<br />

<strong>the</strong> Neanderthals<br />

(B) <strong>the</strong> rock art produced today serves several<br />

different functions<br />

( C) many painted images were used by <strong>the</strong><br />

Cro-Magnons as trail signs<br />

(D) Cro-Magnon paintings were identical to <strong>the</strong><br />

work of present-day Australian aborigines<br />

(E) images of animals were associated with<br />

hunting rituals<br />

23. The author's main goal in describing Cro-Magnon<br />

art and artifacts is to show that <strong>the</strong> Cro-Magnon<br />

people of France and Spain were<br />

(A) more advanced than <strong>the</strong>ir contemporaries<br />

in o<strong>the</strong>r places<br />

(B) dependent on hunting far more than on<br />

agriculture<br />

( C) not <strong>the</strong> same people who are commonly<br />

called "cavemen"<br />

(D) artistically more sophisticated than many<br />

later civilizations<br />

(E) surprisingly similar in many ways to modern<br />

humans<br />

24. The primary purpose of this passage is to<br />

(A) compare <strong>the</strong> artistic motives of <strong>the</strong> Cro­<br />

Magnons to that of aboriginal Australians<br />

and bushmen<br />

(B) teach about <strong>the</strong> eating and hunting habits of<br />

<strong>the</strong> Cro-Magnons as opposed to current man<br />

(C) detail <strong>the</strong> history of <strong>the</strong> Cro-Magnons<br />

(D) compliment <strong>the</strong> skilled artistic work of <strong>the</strong><br />

Cro-Magnons<br />

(E) explore an early <strong>for</strong>m of art and what it says<br />

about its creators<br />

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