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100
Backlash against the senator’s education bill only hurled her to work harder to ensure its passage.

A) No change
B) Spurred
C) Heckled
D) Launched
B, spurred
100
Lars Kristofferson is the CEO of Kristoff Markets. He recently announced his plan to open a small chain of affordable health food stores.

Which choice most effectively combines the two sentences at between the quotation marks?

A) Lars Kristofferson is the CEO of Kristoff Markets; Kristofferson recently

B) As the CEO of Kristoff Markets, Lars Kristofferson made a recent proclamation: he

C) In a recent announcement, Lars Kristofferson, the CEO of Kristoff Markets,

D) Lars Kristofferson, CEO of Kristoff Markets, recently
D) Lars Kristofferson, CEO of Kristoff Markets, recently
100
Rwandan conservationist Edwin Sabuhoro is taking a new approach to wildlife poaching prevention: luring poachers away from crime by trained them to become farmers.

A) No change
B) Training
C) Train
D) Trains
B, Training
100

Bats are nocturnal creatures; they come out only during the night.

A) No Change  B) creatures. They 

 C) creatures, they  D) creatures - they

What is A,  No Change

100

 DAILY  DOUBLE

The old mansion was IMPOSING in its huge size and gothic architecture.

A) No Change  B) imprudent  C) geriatric  D) erratic


What is A,  No Change 

(Imposing: Impressive in size and appearance)

200
Before the Black Plague hit Europe in the 14th century, medieval people did not bathe by submerging themselves in a tub of water, which they considered an act of debauchery. Instead they quickly cleaned themselves with water and a cloth.

A) No change
B) Drowning
C)Engulfing
D) Sheathing
A, No change
200
Fans were very excited to see the final installment of the Royal Battleground trilogy. Hundreds of eager viewers lined up outside the movie theater days in advance.

Which choice most effectively combines the two sentences between the quotation marks?

A) Fans were very excited to see the final installment of the Royal Battleground trilogy; in fact, these fans were so excited that they

B) In order to ensure their viewing ability for the final installment of the Royal Battleground trilogy, hundreds of eager viewers

C) Fans were so excited to see the final installment of the Royal Battleground trilogy that they

D) Fans of the Royal Battleground trilogy, excited to see the final installment of it, numbered in the hundreds and
C) Fans were so excited to see the final installment of the Royal Battleground trilogy that they
200
Backpacking across Europe requires fortitude, stamina, and being strong.

A) No change
B) Strong
C) Strength
D) Stronger
C, strength
200

When I turn 16 I'm going to buy a car.

A) No Change  B) 16; I'm   C) 16.  I'm

 D) 16, I'm

What is D,  16, I'm

200

ORNATE children are especially difficult to care for.

A) No Change  B) Plausible  C) Petulant  D)  Novel

What is C,  Petulant

(Petulant:  Cranky, pouty, irritable)

300
In a recent study, Scientific American magazine concluded that dog owners are somewhat less reserved than cat owners, enjoying more social interaction and communal activity.

A) No change
B) Congruous
C) Conjoint
D) Coincident
A, No change
300

In 1962, Michael Murphy and Richard Price founded the Esalen Institute. The Big Sur, California location was one of the first homes of the Western New Age movement.

Which choice most effectively combines the two sentences between the quotation marks?


A) Institute; the location, in Big Sur, California, was

B) Institute in Big Sur, California,

C) Institute in Big Sur, California; the location was

D) Institute; located in Big Sur, California, it became

B, Institute in Big Sur, California

300
The fennec fox hunts at night, digs out dens in sand, and mate for life.

A) No change
B) Mated
C) Mates
D) Has mated
C, mates
300

Everywhere we traveled in Japan there were vending machines: some served green teas while others carried only juice.

A) No Change  B) machines - some 

 C) machines; some  D) machines: some

What is C,  machines; some

300

The father SECRETED his son's marriage.

A) No Change  B) prescribed  C) fluctuated

D) repudiated

What is D,  repudiated

(Repudiate:  To refuse to recognize as true)

400
Although their physical features were often twins in ancient art, the Greek gods Poseidon and Zeus could be identified by their accessories: the God of the Sea appeared with a dolphin and trident, while an eagle and lightning bolt indicated the King of Olympus.

A) No change
B) Equivalent
C) Tantamount
D)Indistinguishable
D, instinguishable
400
Capitalism is a controversial economic system. The argument that capitalism rewards innovation and hard work has been made by some people, while others believe it encourages greed.

Which choice most effectively combines the sentences between the quotation marks?

A) system, because some people are arguing that capitalism, rewarding innovation, also rewards hard work,

B) system: some argue that it rewards innovation and hard work,

C) system: the argument that it rewards innovation and hard work has been made by some people,

D) system, because rewarding hard work and innovation is an advantage some people argue for,
B) system: some argue that it rewards innovation and hard work,
400

To demonstrate his interest in the University of California, Los Angeles, Sam visited the campus, interviewed with the admissions officers, and has attended several classes.


A) No change

B) Attended

C) Attend

D) Attending

B, attended

400

Cambridge is home to two of the best universities in the world. MIT and Harvard.

A) No Change  B) world: MIT   C) world - MIT

D. World; MIT


What is B,  world: MIT

400

I noticed a QUALITATIVE change in her paintings.

A) No Change  B) quantitative  C)  renounced

D) squalid

What is A,  No Change

(Qualitative:  Involving qualities of something.

500
During the Victorian period, corsets became a crippling necessity. Some women wore corsets so tightly and for such prolonged periods that they couldn't remove them; they hadn’t built up enough muscle strength in their backs to maintain the top half of their body unaided.

A) No change
B) Bolstor
C) Endure
D) Support
D, support
500

Seneca sculptor Marie Watt’s blanket art comes in a range of shapes and sizes. In 2004, Watt sewed strips of blankets together to craft a 10-by-13-inch ______ in 2014, she arranged folded blankets into two large stacks and then cast them in bronze, creating two curving 18-foot-tall blue-bronze pillars.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. sampler later,
B. sampler;
C. sampler,
D. sampler, later,

B. sampler;

500

BONUS!!!!


Artist Bill Domonkos manipulates old photographs, alters video footage, and will superimpose GIFs to create multimedia works of art.


A) No change

B) Has superimposed

C) Superimposes

D) Had superimposed

C, superimposes

500

She was waiting, at the train station.

A) No Change  B) waiting: at  C) waiting - at

D) No punctuation between waiting and at

What is D,  No punctuation between waiting and at

500

Cell phones are UNDERMINDED these days.

A) No Change  B) transparent  C) imprudent

D)  ubiquitous


What is D,  ubiquitous

(Ubiquitous:  Being everywhere at once)