FIB Practice Set 62
Question 1: Although his attempts to appear psychotic were so ____ as to be almost _____, there is evidence that Ezra Pound was able to avoid standing trial for treason merely by faking symptoms of mental illness.| spontaneous..amusing | |
| contrived..believable | |
| clumsy..ludicrous | |
| stylized..distressing | |
| sporadic..premeditated |
Question 2: The _____questions that consistently structure the study of history must be distinguished from merely _____ questions, which have their day and then pass into oblivion.
| recurrent ..practical; | |
| instinctive..factual | |
| ingrained..discriminating | |
| philosophical..random | |
| perennial..ephemeral |
Question 3: The natural balance between prey and predator has been increasingly _____, most frequently by human intervention.
| celebrated | |
| predicted | |
| observed | |
| disturbed | |
| questioned |
Question 4: There is some _____the fact that the author of a book as sensitive and informed as Indian Arti¬sans did not develop her interest in Native American art until adulthood, for she grew up in a region rich in American Indian culture.
| irony in | |
| satisfaction in | |
| doubt about | |
| concern about | |
| presumptuousness in |
Question 5: Ecology, like economics, concerns itself with the movement of valuable _____through a complex network of producers and consumers.
| commodities | |
| dividends | |
| communications | |
| nutrients | |
| artifacts |
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