17. ElinorWylieswritingsconsistof eightbooks---four novelsandfour volumesof poem---in A B whichshedisplayedaknowledgeof bothhistoryandliterature. C D
18. Inadditiontotheirusefulnessasscavengers, birdsareof enormousvaluetohumansbecause A B C of theyeatinsectsandcontrol thespreadof weeds. D 19. Whenprecipitationoccurs,someof itevaporates,somerunsoff thesurfaceitstrikes,and A B C somesinkingintotheground. D 20. Theastronautschosenfor flythefirstUnitedStatesspacecraftwereselectedfrommilitary A B C D test pilots.
21. Tarantulasinjectaparalyzingvenomintopreyor withtheirlargefangs A B C D
22. BorninNewYorkCityin1891,PrestonDickinsonwasoneof thepioneersof modernartistic A B C D intheUnitedStates.
23. Thewaterof theAtlantic,Pacific,andIndianOceansmakeup70.8percenttotheEarths surface. D A B C
24. ThethreemaintelevisionnetworksintheUnitedStatesaccountfor moreadvertisingdollars A B C thananyothersmedium. D
25. In1913whenhewasonly18yearold, LeoSowerbysviolinconcertowasperformedbythe A B C D ChicagoSymphony.
26. Fossil recordssupporttheassumptionwhichmicroorganismswerethefirstformsof life. A B C D
27. TheSt. LouisPost-Dispatch wasfoundedin1878andby1881hadbecomethemostlargest A B C D eveningnewspaper inthecity.
28. InartifactsfromasearlyastheStoneAge,mathematicsandartcanbeseentohavefusedin A B thegeometricpatternsdecoratepottery, weaving, andcarpentry. C D
29. Despitetheircommonheritage,background, andhomogeneity, theoriginal Unitedstates A B
consistedof 13distinctpolitical entities,eachcommandingconsiderableloyal fromits C D citizenry.
30. ThechoreographerGeorgeBalanchinecreatedmorethan150worksfortheNewYorkCity A B Ballet, thatwhichhewasafounder. C D
31. Somewaysinwhichlizardsdifferentfromsnakeareinhavingearopenings, moveable A B C D eyelids, andlessflexiblejaws.
32. Muchof theworkof theanthropologistMargaretMeadwasdevotingtoastudyof patternsof A B C childrearinginvariouscultures. D
33. Thefeathersof birdsnotonlyprotecttheir skinfrominjuryandconservebodyheat, butalso A B functioninflight, courtship, camouflage, andsensoryperceptive. C D
34. Of themanymushroomspeciesgrowingwild, thecommonfieldmushroomistheonethatis A B C mostfrequentlygatherfor humanconsumption. D
35. Carl Rogersclient-centeredtherapyisnowwidelyemployedandisamongthemost A B influential techniqueinmodernUnitedStatesclinical psychology. C D
36. Femalehorsefliestransmitafewdiseases,buttheir mainsignificanceaspestsisinstingof A B C D theirbite.
37. Despitealackof navigablywaterways, Madison,Wisconsin, developedintoamanufacturing A B C center aswell asamajortradenucleusduringthe,1800s. D
38. Thefoodandwater thatpeopleconsumethemcomefromtheenvironment, providedeither A B bynatureorthroughtheworkof farmersandother producers. C D
39. Communal dance, asapowerful symbol of mutual regardandcooperationgroup, underlies A B C enduringtraditionsinfolkdancing. D
40. Morethan800majoroil companyhaveplantsandofficesinTulsa, Oklahoma, thesiteof the A B C D international petroleumexposition.
Planning (and Doing) Innovation | By By John Cain (VP, Marketing Analytics) and Zachary Jean Paradis (Director Experience Strategy), with contributions from Joel Krieger, Adrian Slobin, and Pinak Kiran Vedalankar