- (Topic 3)
Lohr's (i) _____ the trappings of literary celebrity creates a Romantic aura tor him: by distancing himself from all public discourse about himself or his work. Lohr becomes an even greater, albeit more (ii) _____ . celebrity than most authors manage in all their interviews and memoirs.

Correct Answer:AE

- (Topic 2)

The three children in the Alden family contributed 30 percent of the amount budgeted for savings. The oldest child contributed SI50 more than the youngest child, and the middle child contributed $60 more than the youngest child. What was the median of the amounts that the children contributed to savings ?

Correct Answer:C

- (Topic 3)
Even the most complex models used in fishery management are cartoons of reality. They reduce hundreds of links in food webs to a handful and inadequately represent processes operating over space. Many of their assumptions are as flawed today as those of the simplest models of the past. Fish stocks, for one. are still assumed to be populations of a species that are isolated from one another. Yet many populations mix at their edges and some even migrate through areas occupied by other populations. Furthermore, the more complex models suffer from a "crisis of complexity"—more is really less. Adding layers of detail, each carrying its own set of assumptions, produces instability. The model's behavior becomes erratic, and conclusions drawn from it can be downright misleading.
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about "models of the past"?

Correct Answer:B

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One reason researchers have long believed that Mars never enjoyed an extensive period of warm and wet climate is that much of the surface not covered by wind-borne dust appears to be composed of unweathered material If water flowed for an extended period, researchers reasoned, it should have altered and weathered the volcanic minerals, creating clays or other oxidized, hydrated phases (minerals that incorporate water molecules in their crystal structure).
It turns out. though, that the scientists were not looking closely enough. New high- resolution mapping data and close-up surface studies have revealed clays and other hydrated minerals in many regions The clay deposits are scattered all over, in ancient volcanic surfaces and heavily cratered highland regions, some of which have apparently been exposed by erosion only recently.
It can be inferred from the passage that the author would agree with which of the following statements regarding the reasoning discussed in the highlighted sentence?

Correct Answer:C

- (Topic 3)
The snow-covered surface of the lake presents a reassuring illusion of _____ . but beneath the snow the ice is riven with treacherous cracks.

Correct Answer:DE

- (Topic 2)
The graph summarizes the responses from 4.500 respondents who rated their degree of confidence in each of eight United States institutions. Each respondent gave each institution one of five confidence ratings: high, moderate, little, none, or undecided.

If 20 percent of the respondents rated both their degree of confidence in the federal government and their degree of confidence in the news media high or moderate, what percent of the respondents gave neither of these institutions a confidence rating of high or moderate?

Correct Answer:B
The graph summarizes the responses from 4.500 respondents who rated their degree of confidence in each of eight United States institutions. Each respondent gave each institution one of five confidence ratings: high, moderate, little, none, or undecided.