FIB Practice Set 34

Question 1: Though feminist in its implications, Yvonne Rainer's 1974 film ___the filmmaker's active involvement in feminist politics.

	preserved
	portrayed
	encouraged
	renewed
	antedated

Question 2: The chances that a species will ____are reduced if any vital function is restricted to a single kind of organ; ____by itself possesses an enormous survival advantage.

	degenerate..complexity
	expire..size
	disappear..variety
	flourish..symmetry
	persist..redundancy

Question 3: The availability of oxygen is an essential ____ for animal life, while carbon dioxide is equally ____for plant life.

	choice..optional
	duplication..selective
	conversion..exchangeable
	condition..necessary
	luxury..harmful

Question 4: Prudery actually draws attention to the vice it is supposed to ____; the very act that forbids speech or prohibits sight ____what is hidden.

	condemn..distorts
	monitor..signals
	repress..dramatizes
	obviate..fosters
	divulge..conceals

Question 5: After thirty years of television, people have become "speed watchers"; consequently, if the camera lingers, the interest of the audience ____.