42. In England and America the Victorian period as a whole was an age of national _____________.
(A) warfare
(B) depression
(C) literary corruption
(D) growth
(E) welfare

38. The phrase “ironed out” means __________________. (A) revolved (B) dissolved (C) solved (D) evolved (E) involved

39. What is the character of the literary history of the 19th and the 20th centuries? (A) It is full of literary anecdotes. (B) It is full of theories and “isms.” (C) It is full of “isms” only. (D) It has neither theories nor “isms.” (E) It is full of romantic thoughts.

40. What was the poetic coloring of the poets of the 19th and 20th centuries? (A) It was only the reflecting quality to life. (B) It was nothing but the reaction to life. (C) It was only the responsive quality to the whole of life. (D) It was only the indefinable quality of life. (E) It was the most mysterious quality to life.

41. The best title for this article is __________________. (A) Effects of Industrialism (B) Literature of the Victorian Period (C) “Isms” of the Present Century (D) Literature in the 19th and 20th Centuries (E) The Revolution in Literarture

43. At the close of the Victorian period, literature was __________________. (A) prosperous (B) homogeneous (C) on the wane (D) energetic (E) complicated

44. The increase of abortions in India is caused due to __________________. (A) conventional medical technologies (B) prejudice against certain gender (C) legalization of abortion (D) malnutrition (E) government policy of birth control

45. What does the author think of some feminists’ attitude toward sex selection? (A) offensive (B) progressive (C) reformist (D) tolerable (E) revolutionary

46. The author purports to __________________. (A) criticize the Supreme Court for its restrictions on abortion (B) censure the feminists who favor little boys (C) stop abortions under all kinds of circumstances (D) criticize the waste of medical resources (E) stop abortions performed due to gender biases

47. According to the author, new medical technologies are beneficial when they are used _____________. (A) legally (B) practically (C) daringly (D) conventionally (E) sensibly

48. What is the main purpose of this article? (A) Women can speak and listen simultaneously, while at the same time accusing men of being able to do neither. (B) To explain the similarities between sensory perception of men and women. (C) Women have wider peripheral vision; men have tunnel vision. (D) A strong immune system can make a man seem strangely compelling. (E) To explain the differences between sensory perception of men and women.