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• Question 311:

  What does the author mean by a "parallel fight was raging through the American landscape" (lines 9-10)?

  

  A. The suffragettes were traveling all over America to advocate for women's rights.

  B. Fights were common throughout the Americas at this time, and the suffragettes were only fighting about as much as everyone else.

  C. The Civil War mirrored the fight for women's suffrage.

  D. The struggles of the suffragettes and of African-American men were similar in their goals of equality and full citizenship.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 312:

  All of the following are true about Miller and Urey EXCEPT:

  

  A. their experiment was based on the ideas of Oparin and Haldane.

  B. they attempted to simulate the conditions of early earth.

  C. they used sparks to simulate lightning.

  D. they used some organic compounds to start the experiment.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 313:

  In line 24, "precursors" most nearly means: A. forerunners

  

  B. compounds

  C. descendants

  D. organisms

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 314:

  

  Lines 3-10 ("I....wilds") imply that the author believes all the following EXCEPT:

  A. talented foresters have many good qualities.

  B. the most successful foresters have a honed sense of direction.

  C. patience is a helpful quality for a forester to have.

  D. all people are helpless in the wild.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 315:

  It can be inferred from the passage that a person who doesn't need a guide in the wilderness:

  

  A. must be courageous and patient

  B. must be from the city.

  C. probably has a good sense of direction.

  D. has a good chance of getting lost.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 316:

  The primary purpose of the passage is to: A. describe traveling in the wild

  

  B. compare those who travel with guides to those who travel without

  C. discuss the importance of a sense of direction for travelers

  D. provide a history of wildlife exploration

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 317:

  As used in line 24, the word "facility" most nearly means:

  

  A. disposition

  B. practice

  C. artifice

  D. aptitude

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 318:

  This passage is primarily concerned with:

  

  A. discussing famous scientists and their careers in science.

  B. describing how to design and execute a scientific experiment.

  C. speculating about what sort of living things existed on the early earth.

  D. telling the story of a famous scientific experiment.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 319:

  According to the passage, philosophers, authors, and scientists have all: A. conducted experiments to test theories of how life may have started.

  

  B. pondered the beginnings of life in their own ways.

  C. generally agreed on the best theories to explain life's origins.

  D. successfully answered the question of life's origins in different ways.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 320:

  By the statement "Few questions have puzzled so many" (lines 4-5), the author probably means that:

  

  A. this question is unanswerable.

  B. many people have tried to find a solution to this question.

  C. experiments are needed to answer this question.

  D. the question seems much more complex than it really is.

  Correct Answer: B