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1. The word coined in the passage is closest in meaning to ( Vocabulary Question A
(A) discovered
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(B) translated
(C) purchased
(D) invented

2. The word postulated in the passage is closest in meaning to ( Vocabulary Question

(A) accepted
(B) proven
(C) rejected
(D) proposed

3. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in ( Sentence Simplification
the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the Question
meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
(A) In big cities, the multiple dialects that existed combined to become a
more understandable common dialect.
(B) A single regional dialect was chosen in the cities because it was more
comprehensible than other regional dialects.
(C) Many regions of England spoke different dialects, but over time these
dialects merged into a single language.
(D) In big cities, everyone understood one dialect, but in rural areas it split
up into a number of regional dialects.

4. According to paragraph 2, the Black Plague ( Fact Question
(A) separated the French and English people
(B) basically killed everyone who spoke Middle English
(C) caused more people to move into metropolitan areas
(D) triggered a German migration into English lands

Paragraph 2 is marked with an arrow [.].

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