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Funny how I got the exact utility i required. I always wanted to avoid wasting time scrolling back and forth as in a pdf or doc while practicing. This is an excellent simulator.Thanks jitun. Appreciate the effort. By the way from where have you collected the RC passages....

TEST -17 - Section 1 When literary periods are defined on the basis of men's writing women's writing must be forcibly assimilated into an irrelevant grid: a Renaissance that is not a renaissance for women, a Romantic period in which women played very little part, a modernism (5) with which women conflict. Simultaneously, the history of women's writing has been suppressed, leaving large, mysterious gaps in accounts of the development of various genres. Feminist criticism is beginning to correct this situation. Margaret Anne (10) Doody, for example, suggests that during "the period between the death of Richardson and the appearance of the novels of Scott and Austen," which has "been regarded as a dead period." Late-eighteenth-century women writers actually developed "the paradigm (15) for women's fiction of the nineteenth century— something hardly less then the paradigm of the nineteenth-century novel itself." Feminist critics have also pointed out that the twentieth-century writer Virginia Woolf belonged to a tradition other than (20) modernism and that this tradition surfaces in her work precisely where criticism has hitherto found obscurities evasions, implausibilities, and imperfections. 24. It can be infected from the passage that the author views the division of literature into periods based on men's writing as an approach that (A) makes distinctions among literary periods ambiguous (B) is appropriate for evaluating only premodern literature © was misunderstood until the advent of feminist criticism (D) provides a valuable basis from which feminist criticism has evolved (E) obscures women's contributions to literature 25. The passage suggests which of the following about Virginia Woolf s work? I. Nonfeminist criticism of it has been flawed II. Critics have treated it as part of modernism III. It is based on the work of late-eighteenth century women writers. (A) I only (B) II only © I and II only (D) II and III only (E) I II and III 26. The author quotes Doody most probably in order to illustrate (A) a contribution that feminist criticism can make to literary criticism (B) a modernist approach that conflicts with women's writing © writing by a woman which had previously been ignored (D) the hitherto overlooked significance of Scott’s and Austen’s novels (E) a standard system of defining literary periods 27. The passage provides information that answers which of the following questions? (A) In what tradition do feminist critics usually place Virginia Woolf? (B) What are the main themes of women's fiction of the nineteenth century? © What events motivated the feminist reinterpretation of literary history? (D) How has the period between Richardson's death and Scott's and Ansten's novels traditionally been regarded by critics? (E) How was the development of the nineteenth-century novel by women’s fiction in the same century? My Answers : 24 . (E) - Also the correct answer 25. (B) - I still think only (II) is correct. But anyway the Correct answer - (D) 26. (D) - Correct Answer - (A) 27. (D) - Also the correct answer Understanding this RC took me around 20 mins! Need explanations on 25 and 26. Thank you.

Heres another I just got stuck on : In failing to see that the justice's pronouncement merely __________ previous decisions rather than actually establishing a precedent, the novice law clerk _________ the scope of the justice's judgment. (A) synthesized...limited (B) overturned...misunderstood © endorsed...nullified (D) qualified...overemphasized (E) recapitulated...defined My ans : A...... Was a guess. Just couldnt find clues. Correct ans : D Its absolutely demoralising to consistently get stuck on the 6ths and 7ths of BB. I have completed more than 20 tests (only the tough verbal SCs). Have been doing only BB SCs from the past 4 days. Any strategy or any other book for more practice? And thanx zkadhem for the observation. It actually comes as a surprise to me as I am purposely not timing myself so that I begin to answer the tough ones rightly and then work on my timing. But ya,..will keep in mind.

Hey everyone. I am planning to take the GRE may be early next month. Out of the 7 SC questions in each Verbal section of the BB, I was able to solve the first 5 quite easily.So i started practicing only the 6 and 7 ones. These are the questions i am finding very difficult to solve. I need some help. What i need is this: The method to solve them with clues May be if i may ask too much....Also the explanation of the distractors and my answers. And Does anyone see a pattern in the type of questions I am not able to answer? 1.William James lacked the usual _________ death; writing to his dying father, he spoke without ________ about the old man's impending death. (A)longing for...regret (B)awe of...inhibition ©curiosity about...rancor (D)apprehension of...eloquence (E)anticipation of...commiseration My explanation : (A). The clue I spotted was "impending" so its something got to do with time, so i narrowed the choices to A and E. And i guessed A. The correct answer --- (B) 2.If duty is the natural ________ of one's ________ the course of future events, then people who are powerful have duty placed on them whether they like it or not (A)corelate...understanding of (B)outgrowth...control over ©determinant...involvement in (D)mitigant...preoccupation with (E)arbiter...responsibility for My Explanation : ©The clue I identified was "duty placed on them whether they like it or not ". so I went with 'mitigant' Correct answer : (B) 3.Nature's energy efficiency often _____ human technology : despite the intensity of the light fireflies produce, the amount of heat is negligible; only recently have humans developed chemical light-producing systems whose efficiency ___________ the firefly's system. (A)engenders...manipulates (B)reflects...simulates ©outstrips...rivals (D)inhibits...matches (E)determines...reproduces My explanation : I went with (E). Nature's energy efficiency often determines human technology. I took the clue from "human's developed". Correct Answer : © I eliminated this choice first as the tone of the sentence is just not so extreme. The sentence seems in a moderate tone. 4.The struggle of the generations is one of the obvious constants of human affairs; therefore, it may be presumptuous to suggest that the rivalry between young and old in Western society during the current decade is ______ critical. (A)perennially (B)disturbingly ©uniquely (D)archetypically (E)captiously My answer : (A). I took the clue "one of the obvious constants". And also i made the mistake of interpreting as "the struggle between" and not "struggle for". But again I eliminated the correct answer first. Correct answer : © Thank you