1. Although there are weeks of negotiations ahead, and perhaps setbacks and new surprises, leaders of both parties are ---that their differences can be resolved.
(A) optimistic
(B) perplexed
(C) apprehensive
(D) incredulous
(E) uncertain
2. The losing animal in a struggle saves itself from destruction by an act of ----, an act usually recognized and ---by the winner.
(A) submission.. accepted
(B) hostility.. avoided
(C) bluffing .. reaffirmed
(D) anger.. condoned
(E) hatred.. duplicated
3. He never ---the wisdom I had claimed for him, and my friends quickly dismissed my estimate of his ability as ----.
(A) repudiated.. irony
(B) inhibited .. propaganda
(C) demonstrated.. hyperbole
(D) masked.. exaggeration
(E) vindicated.. understatement
4. It would seem that absolute qualities in art
---us, that we cannot escape viewing works
of art in ---of time and circumstance.
(A) enlighten.. a pattern
(B) frighten.. an absence
(C) confuse.. a welter
(D) elude .. a context
(E) deceive.. a milieu
5. This new government is faced not only with
---its economy but also with implementing
new rural development programs to ---the flow of farm workers to the city.
(A) managing.. stem
(B) offsetting.. harness
(C) bolstering.. transmit
(D) challenging.. measure
(E) modernizing.. subsidize
6. An analysis of the ideas in the novel compels an analysis of the form of the work, particularly when form and content are as ---as they are in The House of the Seven Gables.
(A) symptomatic
(B) delineated
(C) integrated
(D) conspicuous
(E) distinctive
7. The blueprints for the new automobile were
---at first glance, but the designer had been
basically too conservative to ---previous standards of beauty.
(A) striking.. flout
(B) impractical.. ignore
(C) impeccable.. dispel
(D) influential ..assess
(E) confusing.. incorporate
8. SNAKE: LEGS::
(A) fish: scales
(B) gorilla: cage
(C) lioness: cub
(D) horse: wings
(E) unicorn: horn
9. BOX: FIGHT::
(A) complain: annoy
(B) debate: argue
(C) compete: vie
(D) laugh: please
(E) muster: march