Thanks Erin!! ;)
1) Herself the mother of seven children, Mrs. Newland dicusses the care of infants in very helpful ways.
A) Herself
B) Herself being
C) In that she is herself
D) Because of being herself
E) Being herself
A is the correct answer, I choose B, isn't B) sounds better?
2) The ideal cities of Ebenezer Howard, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Le Corbusier, different from one another as they were, were all based on a belief that physical order in itself could bring about the good life.
A) different from one another as they were
B) different one from the other as they were
c) different from each other as every one was
D) differing as each was, one from the other
E) although each differed from another
A is the right one, I go for B) because I thought "one" refers to the "ideal" ...
3) The average weekly wage nearly doubled in the 1970's, rising from $114 to $220, yet the average worker ended the decade with a decrease in what their pay may buy.
A) with a decrease in what their pay may buy
E) with a decrease in purchasing power
A) is the right answer, I pick E), isn't "purchasing power" is concise way to say "what their pay may buy" !?
4) For Americans, the most seductive appeal of radical ideologies is that all in one way or another attack the competitive foundation of the social structure in the United States.
A) is that all in one way or another attack
B) is that all in one way or another attacks
D) are that all in one way or another attacks
D) are that all in one way or another attack
I am pretty sure is B) because is....attacks, but A is the correct answer, why?
5) Tolson's poem censures Western colonialism while celebrating traditional African values.
A) while celebrating
B) as it celebrated
C) in celebration of
D) and celebrated
E) but was a celebration of
A) is the correct one, but I picked C). I know it's about the meaning, but not sure what's the difference...