FIB Practice Set 44
Question 1: Whereas the art critic Vasari saw the painting entitled the Mona Lisa as an original and won¬derful _____feat, the reproduction of a natural object, the aesthetes saw it as ____that required deciphering.| collaborative..an aberration | |
| historical..a symbol | |
| technical..a hieroglyph | |
| mechanical..an imitation | |
| visual..an illusion |
Question 2: As late as 1891 a speaker assured his audience that since profitable farming as the result of natural ability rather than ____, an education in agriculture was ____.
| instruction vital | |
| effort..difficult | |
| learning..useless | |
| science..intellectual | |
| luck..senseless |
Question 3: In spite of the _____nature of Scotland's terrain, its main roads are surprisingly free from severe _____.
| rocky..weather | |
| mountainous..grades | |
| uncharted..flooding | |
| unpredictable..damage | |
| landlocked..slipperiness |
Question 4: Walpole's art collection was huge and fascinating, and his novel The Castle of Otranto was never out of print; none of this mattered to the Victorians, who _____ him as, at best _____.
| dismissed..insignificant | |
| judged..worthwhile | |
| revered..talented | |
| reviled..meager | |
| taunted..dangerous |
Question 5: Since the author frequently _____other scholars, his objection to disputes is not only irrelevant but also _____.
| supports..overbearing | |
| provokes..frightening | |
| quotes..curious | |
| ignores..peevish | |
| attacks..surprising |
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