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 ____.
broadens
begins
varies
flags
clears

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