Question: take the blade of the bodkin out of the wooden handle, fixing it in a stick of sealing wax, and then presenting it at the distance aforesaid, you
Answer Choices:
A) NO CHANGE
B) Taking the blade of the bodkin out of the wooden handle, fixing it in a stick of sealing wax, and then present it at the distance aforesaid, you
C) take the blade of the bodkin, fix it, and then present it at the distance aforesaid out of the wooden handle in a stick of sealing wax, you
D) Take the blade of the bodkin out of the wooden handle, fix it in a stick of sealing wax, and then present it at the distance aforesaid, you
Answer: C) take the blade of the bodkin, fix it, and then present it at the distance aforesaid out of the wooden handle in a stick of sealing wax, you
Question: obviate
Answer Choices:
A) NO CHANGE
B) observe
C) obliterate
D) obscure
Answer: B) observe
Question: an element diffuser
Answer Choices:
A) NO CHANGE
B) an element diffused
C) an elemental diffuser
D) a diffuse element
Answer: B) an element diffused
Question: disregarding
Answer Choices:
A) NO CHANGE
B) by means of
C) given
D) notwithstanding
Answer: B) by means of
Question: Which choice best matches the tone of the passage?
Answer Choices:
A) NO CHANGE
B) I wanted to say something to you about it, really
C) this was obviously something I planned on telling you very soon
D) these were some of the new things I intended to have communicated to you
Answer: D) these were some of the new things I intended to have communicated to you
Question: Which choice represents the clearest and most concise way to convey all of the information in the sentence?
Answer Choices:
A) NO CHANGE
B) But now, at this time, I need only mention some details, information and finer points not hinted in that first piece we sent to you, with our reasonings for not mentioning them in the first piece, though perhaps the latter might well enough be spared.
C) But now I need only mention some particulars; these were not hinted in that piece, and I will also share our reasonings thereupon: perhaps the latter might well enough be spared.
D) But now I need only mention some particulars and be spared.
Answer: A) NO CHANGE
Question: will—and sometimes those of bad, as well, have
Answer Choices:
A) NO CHANGE
B) will, and sometimes those of bad, as well—have
C) will—and sometimes those of bad, as well—have
D) will—and sometimes those of bad, as well—have
Answer: C) will—and sometimes those of bad, as well—have
Question: coups, there emerged
Answer Choices:
A) NO CHANGE
B) coups; there emerged
C) coups there; emerged
D) coups there emerged
Answer: B) coups; there emerged
Question: arrogant
Answer Choices:
A) NO CHANGE
B) arduous
C) arresting
D) advanced
Answer: B) arduous
Question: Which choice best matches the tone of the passage?
Answer Choices:
A) NO CHANGE
B) Good old Europe would perhaps be more perceptive if it tried to see us in its own past.
C) Venerable Europe would obviously be a bit more perceptive if it actually tried to see us in its own past.
D) Good old Europe would perhaps be more perceptive if it even tried to see us in its own past, for crying out loud.
Answer: A) NO CHANGE
Question: labors
Answer Choices:
A) NO CHANGE
B) labored
C) will labor
D) will have labored
Answer: A) NO CHANGE
Question: mere, wishful thinking
Answer Choices:
A) NO CHANGE
B) mere, wishful, thinking
C) merely wishful thinking
D) merely, wishful thinking
Answer: C) merely wishful thinking