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English Usage Test

27. This is one of those tricky questions that has two 35. Scores of authors have tried to demonstrate that the
a b c d a
answers. No Error. plays we know as Shakespeare’s were written by
e b
some other person but no one, most critics agree,
28. She did the work very well, however, she showed has produced much positive evidence for this belief.
a b c d
no interest in anything beyond her assignment. No Error.
c d e
No Error.
e 36. The proposed statute, requiring that all school
a
29. Roberts, a man whom we trusted with the textbooks be approved by the state board
a b b
most difficult task of all proved loyal to his country. before adoption, has been criticized
c d c
No Error. by several civil liberty groups. No Error.
e d e

30. Historians agree that, at the outbreak of his war. 37. That Giotto’s paintings are significant in the history
a b a
neither Lincoln nor most members of the Republican of the early Renaissance is undeniable but Giotto can
c not scarcely be considered the equal of
Party was primarily concerned with the abolition of b c
d such masters as Leonardo and Raphael. No Error.
slavery. No Error. d e
e
38. Bismarck’s distinctive qualities included his
31. Blake is among the very few individuals who a
a b methodical dedication to his pre-determined goals
critics regard as genuinely significant in both the b
c d and his refusal to be detracted by secondary pursuits
history of art and the history of literature. No Error. c d
e or concerns. No Error.
e
32. Many scientists are alarmed over the interest in such
a 39. Although the theory of continental drift
pseudoscientific topics as ESP, flying saucers and was not widely accepted until the mid-twentieth
the occult, fearing that it may herald a new dark age a b
b c century, the basic concept has been described in
of gullibility, ignorance and c
thinking in superstitious ways. No Error. as early as 1620. No Error.
d e d e
33. Having broken with Freud, Jung’s later writings 40. In the diagnosis of psychiatric aliments,
a a
nevertheless bore signs of the continued influence of it is essential that the practitioner approach each
b b c
Freudian doctrine and theories. No Error. subject without pre-judgements as relates to the
d e d
nature or cause of the disorder. No Error.
34. Despite the revolutionary implications of Darwin’s e
theories, which won practically
a b 41. Contrary to popular belief, during the Middle Ages,
universal acceptance among the biologists and other literary works on secular topics were probably
c a b
scientists within a relatively short time as compared as numerous, if not more numerous, than the
with other intellectual movements of c d
theological and devotional writings. No Error.
equal importance. No Error.
e
d e
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