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Questions 4 to 6 are based on this passage.
In Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry does not reject integration or the economic and moral promise of the American dream; rather, she remains loyal to this dream while looking, realistically, at its incomplete realization. Once we recognize this dual vision, we can accept the play’s ironic nuances as deliberate social commentaries by Hansberry rather than as the “unintentional” irony that Bigs by attributes to the work. Indeed, a curiously persistent refusal to credit Hansberry with a capacity for intentional irony has led some critics to interpret the play’s thematic conflicts as mere confusion, contradiction, or eclecticism. Isaacs, for example, cannot easily reconcile Hansberry’s intense concern for her race with her ideal of human reconciliation. But the play’s complex view of Black self-esteem and human solidarity as compatible is no more “contradictory” than Du Bois’ famous, well-considered ideal of ethnic self-awareness coexisting with human unity, or Fanon’s emphasis on an ideal internationalism that also accommodates national identities and roles.
Question 7 is based on this passage.
According to the conventional view, serfdom in nineteenth-century Russia inhibited economic growth. In this view Russian peasants’ status as serfs kept them poor through burdensome taxes in cash, in labor, and in-kind; through restrictions on mobility; and through various forms of coercion. Melton, however, argues that serfdom was perfectly compatible with economic growth, because many Russian serfs were able to get around landlords’ rules and regulations. If serfs could pay for passports, they were usually granted permission to leave the estate. If they could pay the fine, they could establish a separate household; and if they had the resources, they could hire laborers to cultivate the communal lands, while they themselves engaged in trade or worked as migrant laborers in cities.For the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply.
For the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply
For each of Questions 8 to 11, select the two answer choices that when used to complete the sentence blank, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.
Question 12 is based on this passage.
Electric washing machines, first introduced in the United States in 1925, significantly reduced the amount of time spent washing a given amount of clothes, yet the average amount of time households spent washing clothes increased after 1925. This increase is partially accounted for by the fact that many urban households had previously sent their clothes to professional laundries. But the average amount of time spent washing clothes also increased for rural households with no access to professional laundries.
For each of Questions 1 to 5, compare Quantity A and Quantity B, using additional information centered above the two quantities if such information is given. Select one of the following four answer choices and fill in the corresponding circle to the right of the question.
Quantity A: The volume of the gas when the pressure was 40 psiQuantity B: 1.2 times the volume of the gas when the pressure was 50 psi
2. Quantity A: w+d Quantity B: c+z
Quantity A: \[\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^n\]Quantity B: \[\left(-3\right)^n\]
Quantity A: The dollar amount of the reduction in the price of the table.Quantity B: The dollar amount of the reduction in the price of the lamp.
Quantity A: The average(arithmetic mean) of the numbers in SQuantity B: The median of the numbers in S
Which two of the following numbers have a product that is between -1 and 0? Indicate both of the numbers
Give your answer to the nearest whole percent.
Questions 5 and 6 are based on this passage.
The nearly circular orbits of planets in our solar system led scientists to expect that planets around other stars would also reside in circular orbits. However, most known extrasolar planets reside in highly elongated, not circular, orbits. Why? The best clue comes from comets in our solar system. Comets formed in circular orbits but were gravitationally flung into their present-day elliptical orbits when they ventured too close to planets. Astronomers suspect that pairs of planets also engage in this slingshot activity, leaving them in disturbed, elliptical orbits. If two planets form in close orbits, one will be scattered inward (toward its star), the other outward. They will likely then travel close enough to neighboring planets to disturb their orbits also.
Even after numerous products made with artificial sweeteners became available, sugar consumption per capita continued to rise. Now manufacturers are introducing fat-free versions of various foods that they claim have the taste and texture of the traditional high-fat versions. Even if the manufacturers’ claim is true, given that the availability of sugar-free foods did not reduce sugar consumption, it is unlikely that the availability of these fat-free foods will reduce fat consumption.
For each of Questions 11 to 13, select the two answer choices that when used to complete the sentence blank, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.
For each of Questions 1 to 6, compare Quantity A and Quantity B, using additional information centered above the two quantities if such information is given. Select one of the following four answer choices and fill in the corresponding circle to the right of the question.
Quantity A: The length of line segment RTQuantity B: 10
Quantity A: The cost of manufacturing 1000 hammers of type R and 1000 hammers of type S.Quantity B: The cost of manufacturing 1500 hammers of type S.
Quantity A: The number of assignments of chefs to meals if each chef must cook a different meal Quantity B: The number of assignments of chefs to meals if each chef may cook any of the three meals
Quantity A: The number of assignments of chefs to meals if each chef must cook a different mealQuantity B: The number of students taking neither gym nor a foreign language
5. Quantity A: PS Quantity B: SR
Quantity A: The number of units of the product the machine R, working alone at its constant rate, produces in 3 hours.Quantity B: The number of units of the product the machine S, working alone at its constant rate, produces in 4 hours.
Indicate all such points
Each employee of a certain company is in either Department X or Department Y, and there are more than twice as many employees in Department X as in Department Y. The average (arithmetic mean) salary is dollar 25,000 for the employees in Department X and is dollar 35,000 for the employees in Department Y. Which of the following amounts could be the average salary for all of the employees in the company? Indicate all such amounts.
In 1997, at the rates shown in the graph, the work time required to pay for which of the following food items was greatest?
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