FIB Practice Set 64

Question 1: At first, I found her gravity rather intimidating; but, as I saw more of her, I found that _____ was very near the surface.

	seriousness
	confidence
	laughter
	poise
	determination

Question 2: Even though in today's Soviet Union the _____the Muslim clergy have been accorded power and privileges, the Muslim laity and the rank and-file clergy still have little _____ to practice their religion.

	practitioners among..opportunity
	dissidents within..obligation
	adversaries of..inclination
	leaders of..latitude
	traditionalists among.. incentive

Question 3: The proponents of recombinant DNA research have decided to _____ federal regulation of their work; they hope that by making this compro¬mise they can forestall proposed state and local controls that might be even stiffer.

	protest
	institute
	deny
	encourage
	disregard

Question 4: It is to the novelist's credit that all of the epi¬sodes in her novel are presented realistically, without any _____or playful supernatural tricks.

	elucidation
	discrimination
	artlessness
	authenticity
	whimsy

Question 5: Our new tools of systems analysis, powerful though they may be, lead to _____theories, especially, and predictably, in economics and political science, where productive approaches have long been highly _____.