FIB Practice Set 69

Question 1: In failing to see that the justice's pronouncement merely ____ previous decisions rather than ac¬tually establishing a precedent, the novice law clerk ____ the scope of the justice's judgment.

	synthesized..limited
	overturned.. misunderstood
	endorsed..nullified
	qualified..overemphasized
	recapitulated defined

Question 2: When theories formerly considered to be ____ in their scientific objectivity are found instead to reflect a consistent observational and evaluative bias, then the presumed neutrality of science gives way to the recognition that categories of knowledge are human ____.

	disinterested..constructions
	callous..errors
	verifiable..prejudices
	convincing..imperatives
	unassailable fantasies

Question 3: Although the minuet appeared simple, its ____ steps had-to be studied very carefully before they could be gracefully ____ in public.

	progressive.. revealed
	intricate..executed
	rudimentary.. allowed
	minute..discussed
	entertaining..stylized

Question 4: The results of the experiments performed by Elizabeth Hazen and Rachel Brown were ____ not only because these results challenged old assumptions but also because they called the ____ methodology into question.

	provocative.. prevailing
	predictable..contemporary
	inconclusive.. traditional
	intriguing..projected
	specious..original

Question 5: Despite the ____ of many of their colleagues, some scholars have begun to emphasize "pop culture" as a key for ____ the myths, hopes, and fears of contemporary society.