FIB Practice Set 46

Question 1: The sheer bulk of data from the mass media seems to overpower us and drive us to ______accounts for an easily and readily digestible portion of news.

	insular
	investigative
	synoptic
	Subjective
	sensational

Question 2: William James lacked the usual _____death; writing . to his dying father, he spoke without _____about the old man's impending death.

	longing for..regret
	awe of..inhibition
	,curiosity about..rancor
	apprehension of..eloquence
	anticipation of..commiseration

Question 3: Current data suggest that, although _____states between fear and aggression exist, fear and aggres-sion are as distinct physiologically as they are psy¬chologically.

	simultaneous
	serious
	exceptional
	partial
	transitional

Question 4: It is ironic that a critic of such overwhelming vanity now suffers from a measure of the oblivion to which he was forever _____ others; in the end, all his _____ has only worked against him.

	dedicating..self-possession
	leading..self-righteousness
	consigning..self-adulation
	relegating..self-sacrifice
	condemning..self-analysis

Question 5: Famous among job seekers for its _____, the com¬pany, quite apart from generous salaries, bestowed on its executives annual bonuses and such _____as low-interest home mortgages and company cars.