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Sample Examination
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Which of the following BEST caprures the main
idea of the passage?
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(A) Society must vigilantly scrutinize all plays for
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The author's discussion of social workers (lines 3241) emphasizes all of the following EXCEPT
(A) their arduous struggle
(B) their limited resources
(C) their unshakable faith
(D) their indefarigable commitment
(E) their antiparhy for the well-to-do
morally offensive content.
(B) The objectivity of rhearre critics is tainted by
personal bias.
(C) The most significant art cari provide moral
edificarion.
(D) Greater training for government censors is
imperative.
(E) Prostitutionis a despicable and decadent
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profession.
3l3.
The author's opening statement (lines 1-6) reflects
be because of their
all of the following EXCEPT
(A)
(A) predominantly female membership
sarcasm
(B) admiration for the author's works
(C) stalwarr belief in God
(D) greater familiarity with social problems
(E) lack of aesrhetic sensibility
(B) gratitude
(C) perseverance
(D) satisfaction
(E) bemusement
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In the opening paragraph (lines 1-26) the author
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suggests that the main flaw of most theatre critics is
their
(B) labors of the social workers to save fallen
(B) tendency to write milquetoast reviews
(C) penchant for leaving plays early
(D) superficial knowledge of dramatic form
(E) preference for farce and melodrama
(A) lambasting reviewers
(D) receiving compliments
(E) getting his play performed
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women
(C) wealthy contributing to the maintenanc€ of
poverty and vice
(D) author's equating playwrights with priests,
politicians, and writers
(E) author's personal choice of censor for his play
The opening paragraph (lines l-26) primarily
conveys the author's delight at
(B) flaunting his erudition
(C) shocking his audience
In the final senrences of the first paragraph (lines 17
-26), the aurhor embellishes the reaction to his new
play by means of all of the following EXCEPT
(A) hypdrbole
(B) metaphor /
(C) allusion u/
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(D) onomatopoeia
(E)
paradox
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The major irony introduced in the second paragraph
(lines 27-61) involves rhe
(A) licentious content of the author's new play
(A) irrational indignation at a work of art
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It may be inferred from the second paragraph that
the reason neither of the social organizations
mentioned in lines 58-59 would experience,any
'moral panic" upon the release of his play would
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All of the following contribute to the irony of
the
final paragraph (lines 62-90) EXCEPT
(A) the author's allusion to the ..plymouth Brother',
(B) the author's claim that a moral audience would
be scandalized by the plays of his
contemporaries
(C) the author's belief that actors are more sincere
than most of the audience
(D) the author's claim that religion, science, et al.
are becoming "theatrical',
(E) the author's choice of weapon in fighting
immorality and censorship