SC answer needed!

[brahman115]

1. Before the Second World War, academics still questioned whether the body of literature produced in the United States truly _______ a _______ literature or whether such literature was only a provincial branch of English literature.
(A) symbolized, local
(B) constituted, national
(C) defined, historical
(D) outlined, good
(E) captured, meaningful


2. Many more eighteenth-century novels were written by women than by men, but this dominance has, until very recently, been regarded merely as _______ fact, a bit of arcane knowledge noted only by bibliographers.
(A) a controversial
(B) a statistical
(C) an analytical
(D) an explicit
(E) an unimpeachable



3. All _______ biological traits fall into one of two categories: those giving their possessors greater _______ the environment and those rendering them more independent of it.
(A) widespread, detachment from
(B) beneficial, control over
(C) successful, freedom from
(D) neutral, compatibility with
(E) harmful, advantage in




4. One of archaeology’s central dilemmas is now to reconstruct the _______ of complex ancient societies from meager and often _______ physical evidence.
(A) riddles, obsolete
(B) details, irrefutable
(C) intricacies, equivocal
(D) patterns, flawless
(E) configuration, explicit


5. Just as the authors’ book on eels is often a key text for courses in marine vertebrate zoology, their ideas on animal development and phylogeny _______ teaching in this area.
(A) prevent
(B) defy
(C) replicate
(D) inform
(E) use

6. In scientific studies, supporting evidence is much more satisfying to report than are discredited hypotheses, but, in fact, the _______ of errors is more likely to be _______ than is the establishment of probable truth.
(A) formulation, permitted
(B) correction, ignored
(C) detection, useful
(D) accumulation, cordial
(E) deference, credulous


7. Most histories of science are success stories that conclude on _______ note with the fine _______ of a theory that is the basis of subsequent inquiries by later researchers.
(A) a retrospective, extrapolation
(B) an analytic, rebuttal
(C) an objective, defection
(D) a positive, crescendo
(E) a triumphal, ascendancy

8. Whereas the Elizabethans struggled with the transition from medieval _______ experience to modern individualism, we confront an electronic technology that seems likely to reverse the trend, rendering individualism obsolete and interdependence mandatory.
(A) literary
(B) intuitive
(C) corporate
(D) heroic
(E) spiritual


9. Supporters praised the mayor’ action as a speedy and judicious solution, but critics condemned it as _______ and unfairly influenced by recent events.
(A) innocuous
(B) deferential
(C) beguiling
(D) discreet
(E) premature
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[mafaisal]

1. B
2. B
3. E
4. A
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. C
9. E
what are the OAs?

[marikit777]

1. Before the Second World War, academics still questioned whether the body of literature produced in the United States truly _______ a _______ literature or whether such literature was only a provincial branch of English literature.
(A) symbolized, local
(B) constituted, national
(C) defined, historical
(D) outlined, good
(E) captured, meaningful


2. Many more eighteenth-century novels were written by women than by men, but this dominance has, until very recently, been regarded merely as _______ fact, a bit of arcane knowledge noted only by bibliographers.
(A) a controversial
(B) a statistical
(C) an analytical
(D) an explicit
(E) an unimpeachable



3. All _______ biological traits fall into one of two categories: those giving their possessors greater _______ the environment and those rendering them more independent of it.
(A) widespread, detachment from
(B) beneficial, control over
(C) successful, freedom from
(D) neutral, compatibility with
(E) harmful, advantage in




4. One of archaeology’s central dilemmas is now to reconstruct the _______ of complex ancient societies from meager and often _______ physical evidence.
(A) riddles, obsolete
(B) details, irrefutable
(C) intricacies, equivocal
(D) patterns, flawless
(E) configuration, explicit


5. Just as the authors’ book on eels is often a key text for courses in marine vertebrate zoology, their ideas on animal development and phylogeny _______ teaching in this area.
(A) prevent
(B) defy
(C) replicate
(D) inform
(E) use

6. In scientific studies, supporting evidence is much more satisfying to report than are discredited hypotheses, but, in fact, the _______ of errors is more likely to be _______ than is the establishment of probable truth.
(A) formulation, permitted
(B) correction, ignored
(C) detection, useful
(D) accumulation, cordial
(E) deference, credulous


7. Most histories of science are success stories that conclude on _______ note with the fine _______ of a theory that is the basis of subsequent inquiries by later researchers.
(A) a retrospective, extrapolation
(B) an analytic, rebuttal
(C) an objective, defection
(D) a positive, crescendo
(E) a triumphal, ascendancy

8. Whereas the Elizabethans struggled with the transition from medieval _______ experience to modern individualism, we confront an electronic technology that seems likely to reverse the trend, rendering individualism obsolete and interdependence mandatory.
(A) literary
(B) intuitive
(C) corporate
(D) heroic
(E) spiritual


9. Supporters praised the mayor’ action as a speedy and judicious solution, but critics condemned it as _______ and unfairly influenced by recent events.
(A) innocuous
(B) deferential
(C) beguiling
(D) discreet
(E) premature
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[brahman115]

8. Whereas the Elizabethans struggled with the transition from medieval _______ experience to modern individualism, we confront an electronic technology that seems likely to reverse the trend, rendering individualism obsolete and interdependence mandatory.
(A) literary
(B) intuitive
(C) corporate
(D) heroic
(E) spiritual

Could you explain why it is corporate?

[mafaisal]

8. Whereas the Elizabethans struggled with the transition from medieval _______ experience to modern individualism, we confront an electronic technology that seems likely to reverse the trend, rendering individualism obsolete and interdependence mandatory.
(A) literary
(B) intuitive
(C) corporate
(D) heroic
(E) spiritual

Actually practicing individualism does not require interdependency. And literary, intuitive, heroic, or spiritual experience is some kind practicing of individualism where interdependence is not mandatory. Corporate (collective) experience requires interdependency.

Hope it may help you.

[Articulate]

Dear Brahman,

Several days have passed after you have posted the questions. They are quite nice and challenging. Members have made some good shots to these (marikit must be mentioned first).

i would request you post the OA's.

Thanks again for such a nice post.

Thanks

[goin4gre]

1.E
2.B
3.D
4.C
5.D
6.C
7.A
8.E
9.E

[sham12345]

8. C

clearly it states INTERDEPENDENCE is mandatory.

Maifsal is right too.