FIB Practice Set 49

Question 1: It is puzzling to observe that Jones's novel has recently been criticized for its ______ structure, since commentators have traditionally argued that its most obvious ____is its relentlessly rigid, indeed schematic, framework.

	attention to..preoccupation
	speculation about.. characteristic
	parody of..disparity
	violation of..contradiction
	lack of..flaw

Question 2: It comes as no surprise that societies have codes of behavior; the character of the codes, on the other hand, can often be ____.

	predictable
	unexpected
	admirable
	explicit
	confusing

Question 3: The characterization of historical analysis as a form of fiction is not likely to be received ____by either historians or literary critics, who agree that history and fiction deal with ____orders of experience.

	quietly.. significant
	enthusiastically..shifting
	passively.. unusual
	sympathetically..distinct
	contentiously..realistic

Question 4: For some time now, ____has been presumed not to exist: the cynical conviction that every¬-body has an angle is considered wisdom.

	Rationality
	flexibility
	diffidence
	disinterestedness
	insincerity

Question 5: The ____ of mass literacy coincided with the first industrial revolution; in turn, the new expansion in literacy, as well as cheaper printing, helped to nurture the ____of popular literature.