- (Topic 3)
In 1755 British writer Samuel Johnson published an acerbic letter to Lord Chesterfield
rebuking his patron for neglect and declining further support. Johnson's rejection of his patron's belated assistance has often been identified as a key moment in the history of publishing, marking the end of the culture of patronage. However, patronage had been in decline for 50 years, yet would survive, in attenuated form, for another 50. Indeed. Johnson was in 1762 awarded a pension by the Crown—a subtle form of sponsorship, tantamount to state patronage. The importance of Johnson's letter is not so much historical as emotional: it would become a touchstone for all who repudiated patrons and for all who embraced the laws of the marketplace.
The author of the passage mentions Johnson's 1762 pension award in order to

1. A. provide a specific example of patronage's surviving into the second half of (he eighteenth century
2. B. emphasize that patronage still helped support Johnson's writing after his letter to Chesterfield
3. C. provide evidence for a general trend in the later half of the
4. D. eighteenth century of private patronage's being replaced by state sponsorship

Correct Answer: B

- (Topic 2)
A car service charges S5 for the first mile of a trip and S2 for each additional mile or part thereof. If the car service charges SI01 for an //-mile trip, where // is an integer, what is the value of n ?

1. A. 47
2. B. 48
3. C. 49
4. D. 50
5. E. 51

Correct Answer: B

- (Topic 3)
According 10 the classical idea of space-time reality, two particles, identical or not, can be distinguished by tracing the motion of the particles along their trajectories. This idea is (1) _____ that the particles can be observed continuously, a belief that is (ii) _____ with respect to macroscopic bodies, but not with respect to free atoms. which (iii) _____ constant observation.

1. A. based on the assumption
2. B. incompatible with the view
3. C. entailed by the fact
4. D. fortuitous
5. E. innovative
6. F. tenable
7. G. elude
8. H. warrant
9. I. abet

Correct Answer: AFH

- (Topic 3)
Normally, seeds of Emmenathe penduliflora stay dormant for years and germinate only when a fire burns through their habitat. Nitrogen dioxide in the smoke induces the seeds to germinate. Fires clear the brush, allowing germinating seeds to receive the sunlight they need to grow. The plants mature quickly, produce seeds, and then die. In areas with heavy automobile traffic, however, the seed germinates in the absence of lire, with automobile exhaust supplying the required nitrogen dioxide.
The information given, if accurate, most strongly supports which of the following hypotheses?

1. A. Fires in the habitat of £. pendulijlora do not entirely destroy the plant's seeds even in the places where the fires burn most intensely.
2. B. The nitrogen dioxide in automobile exhaust eannot harm plants of
3. C. pendulijlora after germination.
4. D. If human intervention decreases the number of fires in the habitat of
5. E. pendulijlor
6. F. automobile exhaust can replicate the conditions the plant requires in order to thrive.
7. G. Within the habitat of
8. H. pendulijlora . natural fires are significantly more frequent in areas with heavy automobile traffic than they are in other areas.
9. I. Unless
10. J. pendulijlora seeds that have germinated can survive in the shade, automobile exhaust threatens the long-term survival of the plant in areas with heavy automobile traffic.

Correct Answer: C

- (Topic 2)
Of the 67 children residing on a certain street, 52 children enjoy biking and 21 children enjoy roller-skating. If all but 5 of the children enjoy biking or roller-skating or both, how many of the children enjoy either biking or roller-skating, but not both biking and roller- skating?

1. A. 11
2. B. 31
3. C. 51
4. D. 61
5. E. 62

Correct Answer: C