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Section 2<br />

Practice Test Eleven<br />

11. Which of <strong>the</strong> following statements is best<br />

supported by <strong>the</strong> passage?<br />

(A) The use of mail declined steeply because of a<br />

lack of an adequate network of skilled craftsmen<br />

to create <strong>the</strong> armor.<br />

(B) Flexible linked-metal armor represented a<br />

practical solution to a technological need in a<br />

particular historical era.<br />

( C) The availability of practical mail was limited<br />

mainly to <strong>the</strong> fourteenth century.<br />

(D) Linked-metal armor was of such limited usefulness<br />

that it quickly became obsolete when<br />

<strong>the</strong> superior technology of articulated metal<br />

plates became widespread.<br />

(E) The unique characteristics of flexible linkedmetal<br />

armor make it a useful technology <strong>for</strong><br />

applications today.<br />

13. The function of <strong>the</strong> first sentence of <strong>the</strong> third<br />

paragraph ("The process . .. times.") can best be<br />

described as<br />

(A) countering an argument made earlier in <strong>the</strong><br />

passage<br />

(B) stating <strong>the</strong> central <strong>the</strong>sis of <strong>the</strong> passage<br />

( C) providing evidence <strong>for</strong> a hypo<strong>the</strong>sis that<br />

follows<br />

(D) explaining a paradox described in <strong>the</strong><br />

previous paragraph<br />

(E) advancing an assertion that is subsequently<br />

rein<strong>for</strong>ced with details<br />

12. According to <strong>the</strong> passage, all of <strong>the</strong> following were<br />

steps in <strong>the</strong> process of creating a medieval mail<br />

harness EXCEPT<br />

(A) flattening and drilling holes in <strong>the</strong> ends of<br />

each link<br />

(B) varying <strong>the</strong> pattern of interlocking links to<br />

<strong>for</strong>m contours<br />

(C) cutting <strong>the</strong> individual links from a coil of<br />

wire<br />

(D) suspending <strong>the</strong> completed mail suit from a<br />

lea<strong>the</strong>r harness<br />

(E) riveting <strong>the</strong> cut ends of <strong>the</strong> metal links shut<br />

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