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Poor Richard's
epigrams made Benjamin Franklin famous. |
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(A) |
short,
witty sayings
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(B) |
eclogues |
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(C) |
minstrels |
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(D) |
epitaphs |
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The author wrote an
epilogue to his book explaining that some of his earlier
impressions were wrong. |
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(A) |
prologue |
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(B) |
prelude |
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(C) |
foreword |
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(D) |
afterword
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The year she spent in
Paris was an important episode in her career. |
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(A) |
event
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(B) |
achievement |
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(C) |
memory |
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(D) |
accident |
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This year we are
studying the epistles of some famous poets. |
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(A) |
biographies |
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(B) |
autobiographies |
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(C) |
accounts |
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(D) |
letters
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In his will, he dictated
the epitaph to be engraved on his tombstone. |
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(A) |
jargon |
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(B) |
aphorism |
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(C) |
maxim |
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(D) |
inscription
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6. |
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Homer's writings are
replete with such epithets as " resourceful Odysseus. " |
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(A) |
enumerations |
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(B) |
songs |
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(C) |
poems |
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(D) |
descriptive words or phrases
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This final book is the
epitome of all his previous ones. |
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(A) |
branch |
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(B) |
sequence |
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(C) |
serial |
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(D) |
summing-up
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8. |
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The invention of the
computer marked a new epoch in history. |
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(A) |
chapter |
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(B) |
significance |
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(C) |
title |
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(D) |
era
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Having seen people come
and go, he came to acquire an equable temper. |
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(A) |
tranquil
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(B) |
irritable |
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(C) |
radical |
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(D) |
pessimistic |
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In his later years, he
could look upon the foolishness of the world with equanimity
and humor. |
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(A) |
apprehension |
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(B) |
calmness
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(C) |
perturbation |
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(D) |
discomposure |
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Answers 1A
2D 3A 4D 5D 6D
7D 8D 9A 10B |
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