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Ranked as one of the most important of Europe’s young playwrights, Franz Xaver Kroetz has
written forty plays; his works—translated into over thirty languages—are produced more
often than any contemporary German dramatist.

(A) than any

(B) than any other

(C) than are any

(D) than those of any other

(E) as are those of any

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Like Rousseau, Tolstoi rebelled against the unnatural complexity of human relations in modern
society.

(A) Like Rousseau, Tolstoi rebelled

(B) Like Rousseau, Tolstoi's rebellion was

(C) As Rousseau, Tolstoi rebelled

(D) As did Rousseau, Tolstoi's rebellion was

(E) Tolstoi's rebellion, as Rousseau's, was

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Unlike the automobile company, whose research was based on crashes involving sport utility
vehicles, the research conducted by the insurance company took into account such factors as a
driver's age, sex, and previous driving record.

(A) company, whose research was based on

(B) company, which researched

(C) company, in its research of

(D) company's research, having been based on

(E) company's research on

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In addition to having more protein than wheat does, the protein in rice is higher quality than that
in wheat, with more of the amino acids essential to the human diet.

(A) the protein in rice is higher quality than that in

(B) rice has protein of higher quality than that in

(C) the protein in rice is higher in quality than it is in

(D) rice protein is higher in quality than it is in

(E) rice has a protein higher in quality than

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The stars, some of them at tremendous speeds, are in motion just as the planets are, yet
being so far away from the Earth that their apparent positions in the sky do not change enough
for their movement to be observed during a single human lifetime.

(A) The stars, some of them at tremendous speeds, are in motion just as the planets are, yet
being

(B) Like the planets, the stars are in motion, some of them at tremendous speeds, but they are

(C) Although like the planets the stars are in motion, some of them at tremendous speeds, yet

(D) As the planets, the stars are in motion, some of them at tremendous speeds, but they are

(E) The stars are in motion like the planets, some of which at tremendous speeds are in motion
but
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Retail sales rose 8/10 of 1 percent in August, intensifying expectations that personal spending in
the July-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal
spending for the previous quarter.

(A) that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of

(B) that personal spending in the July-September quarter would more than double

(C) of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it more than doubled

(D) of personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubling that of

(E) of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it would more than double that of
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Inuits of the Bering Sea were in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than Aleuts or
Inuits of the North Pacific and northern Alaska.

(A) in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than

(B) isolated from contact with Europeans longer than

(C) in isolation from contact with Europeans longer than were

(D) isolated from contact with Europeans longer than were

(E) in isolation and without contacts with Europeans longer than

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Proponents of artificial intelligence say they will be able to make computers that can understand
English and other human languages, recognize objects, and reason as an expert does—
computers that will be used to diagnose equipment breakdowns, deciding whether to authorize a
loan, or other purposes such as these.

(A) as an expert does—computers that will be used to diagnose equipment breakdowns, deciding
whether to authorize a loan, or other purposes such as these

(B) as an expert does, which may be used for purposes such as diagnosing equipment
breakdowns or deciding whether to authorize a loan

(C) like an expert—computers that will be used for such purposes as diagnosing equipment
breakdowns or deciding whether to authorize a loan

(D) like an expert, the use of which would be for purposes like the diagnosis of equipment
breakdowns or the decision whether or not a loan should be authorized

(E) like an expert, to be used to diagnose equipment breakdowns, deciding whether to authorize
a loan or not, or the like
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Linking arrangements among secondary schools and the workplace never evolved in the United
States as they have in most other developed countries.

(A) among secondary schools and the workplace never evolved in the United States as they have

(B) in the United States among secondary schools and the workplace never evolved as they did

(C) between secondary schools and the workplace never evolved in the United States as

(D) in the United States between secondary schools and the workplace never evolved as they
have

(E) between secondary schools and the workplace never evolved in the United States as they did
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The effect of the earthquake that caused most of Port Royal to sink into the Caribbean was like
the eruption that buried ancient Pompeii: in each case a slice of civilization was instantly frozen
in time.

(A) The effect of the earthquake that caused most of Port Royal to sink into the Caribbean was

(B) As the result of an earthquake, most of Port Royal sank into the Caribbean; the effect was

(C) In its effects, the sinking of most of Port Royal into the Caribbean was the result of an
earthquake

(D) The earthquake that caused most of Port Royal to sink into the Caribbean was, in its effects,

(E) Most of Port Royal sank into the Caribbean because of an earthquake, the effect of which
was