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10 The children kept pestering their father to give the idea a shot. (A) The children tried hard to persuade their father to abort the idea. (B) The children expected their father to develop their original idea. (C) With their wild idea, the children were pests to their father. (D) The children kept asking their father to reconsider their idea.

11 It is in the shelter of each other that people live. (A) We provide housing for each other. (B) People in the house depend on each other. (C) Everyone has a shelter to live in. (D) We rely on each other for our survival.

12 The public reads reviews of plays, movies, and concerts in order to decide whether or not to attend them. The same could hardly be said of buildings, which would be inhabited—or used—irrespective of any positive or negative evaluation. (A) In a way, it is futile to review buildings in popular press because such reviews can’t change anything. (B) Buildings, having some elements of artistic design, should be reviewed so the public can appreciate them better. (C) Reviewing buildings in popular press is quite the same as reviewing other works of art. (D) Buildings, like other forms of art, should be reviewed to educate the public.

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16 (A) check (B) checking (C) to check (D) checked

17 (A) The secessionists based their actions on two theories. (B) However, several reasons were strongly held by the Southerners for their confidence in victory. (C) Another source of Confederate optimism was the faith that all the other slave states, except Delaware, would join in secession. (D) A proposal was made that the old Missouri Compromise line be drawn through the Western territories—with slavery on one side and freedom on the other.

18 (A) The secessionists based their actions on two theories. (B) However, several reasons were strongly held by the Southerners for their confidence in victory. (C) The fate of the Union was dependent upon several uncertainties surrounding the rapid development of secession in the South. (D) Another source of Confederate optimism was the faith that all the other slave states, except Delaware, would join in secession.

19 (A) The secessionists based their actions on two theories. (B) The fate of the Union was dependent upon several uncertainties surrounding the rapid development of secession in the South. (C) It was also believed that France would sympathize with the planting aristocracy and cooperate with Britain in aiding the Confederate government. (D) A proposal was made that the old Missouri Compromise line be drawn through the Western territories—with slavery on one side and freedom on the other.

20 (A) The fate of the Union was dependent upon several uncertainties surrounding the rapid development of secession in the South. (B) Another source of Confederate optimism was the faith that all the other slave states, except Delaware, would join in secession. (C) However, several reasons were strongly held by the Southerners for their confidence in victory. (D) The secessionists based their actions on two theories.