The used-car trade is the fastest-growing segment of the automobile market. Nowadays, about 6 out of every 10 cars and trucks sold are secondhand. This was bound to happen. Evidently, consumers are finally saying no to the ridiculously high and constantly rising new-car prices and are choosing instead to purchase used vehicles.
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument above?

(A) Last year, sales of used vehicles totaled just over $18 million while sales of new vehicles totaled just under $16 million.

(B) Leasing a new vehicle for just two to four years has become very popular, so the number of available used vehicles is growing.

(C) A car dealer usually makes a profit of about $300 to $500 on a used car but only $100 or even less on a new vehicle.

(D) High-priced luxury import vehicles are significantly less likely to be found in the used-car market than less expensive vehicles.

(E) Many states have so-called “lemon laws” that require used-vehicle dealers to warrant vehicles that they sell for one to three months.

If y is an integer and y =½x½ + x, is y = 0?
(1)    x < 0
(2)    y < 1

A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

Literary critics are fond of referring to a work
as a “musical novel” whenever a writer
employs techniques that can be conveniently
described in musical terminology, but the
(5) notion that all such works are of the same
genre is an oversimplification. The writers
who have given us the most important
“musical novels” have used musical techniques
for very different purposes.

(10) In The Waves, Virginia Woolf uses musical
techniques to evoke imagery. Early in the
novel, a descriptive leitmotif is introduced
for each of the six characters, and colors
associated with different settings are like
(15) chords that are sounded again and again. A
musical composition, however, is heard in
time; a novel exists outside of time. In this
sense, the words of a novel are more like the
notes of a score, and the reader like the
(20) musician; so Woolf needed a literary device
to keep time. Her solution is again visual and
is expressed in the novel’s title. The rise and
fall of the sea waves are a metronome, seen
but not heard by the reader; like the
(25)movements of the conductor’s baton, they provide
the tempo.

In Moderato Cantabile, Marguerite Duras
follows the form of the first movement of a
sonata, presenting and developing two
(30) contrasting themes in different keys–the
first tonic, the second dominant–and finally
resolving them in a recapitulation by modulation
of the second theme to the key of the
first theme, thereby providing resolution and
(35) closure, an interesting form for exploring the
duality of human experience. “Moderato”
indicates measure and control, and the time
signature of the sonata is a square four-four:
Anne’s life is structured and boring.
(40) “Cantabile” signifies the lyrical impulse: She
is stifled by a structured, boring life. In the
second chapter, Anne begins her strange
affair with Chauvin. Chauvin, or the second
theme, is Anne’s quest for the “cantabile.”
(45) They meet again and again, at the same bar
and always at the same time of day, until the
eighth chapter. Then, just as the eighth note
of the musical scale is the same as the first–
the tonic–but an octave higher, the final
(50) resolution comes in the form of a symbolic
reenactment of the murder that occurs at the
end of the first chapter:

Chauvin: I wish you were dead.
Anne: I already am.

(60) And Anne returns permanently to her boring life.

When most literary critics pronounce
both The Waves and Moderato Cantabile
“musical novels,” it is these gross features
(65) that they have in mind; and so they overlook
what makes Moderato Cantabile a truly
musical novel: It is actually “heard” by the
reader. The novel is mostly dialogue punctuated
by the sounds of a radio, boats, and
(70) crowds, like musical phrases defined by rests;
all that we know and all that we need to
know of Anne and Chauvin is what we hear
them say. Ironically, this technique that
makes Moderato Cantabile more successful
(75) than The Waves as a “musical novel” may
account for Duras’ relative lack of success as a
filmmaker. Despite the great success of her
screenplay for “Hiroshima, Mon Amour,” few
of the 19 films that she wrote and directed
(80) did well, primarily because words often
replaced action entirely.

1. The author’s primary concern is to
(A) provide a definition for the phrase “musical novel”
(B) compare the literary works of Virginia Woolf
to those of Marguerite Duras
(C) show that the term “musical novel” does not
have a clear, unambiguous meaning
(D) provide guidelines for interpreting musical novels
(E) evaluate the relative effectiveness of different
literary techniques

2. According to the author, The Waves is less
successful than Moderato Cantabile in creating the
experience of music for the reader because
(A) Woolf used musical devices primarily to evoke
visual images
(B) sea waves make a rhythmic crashing sound as
they break on the beach
(C) The Waves does not parallel a musical structure
such as a sonata
(D) a conductor’s baton is seen but not heard by
audience members
(E) the title Moderato Cantabile has a musical
significance

3. The author mentions Duras’ lack of success
as a filmmaker in order to
(A) prove that good novelists do not necessarily
make good filmmakers
(B) help show that dialogue has a different effect
than imagery
(C) demonstrate that Duras was an artist who was
more than just a writer
(D) suggest that a successful filmmaker needs to use
action as well as dialogue
(E) suggest that most great novels cannot be made
into great films

4. Which of the following conclusions can be inferred
about the musical structure of Moderato Cantabile?
(A) Chapter two of the novel is intended to represent
the recapitulation.
(B) The symbolic re-enactment of the murder represents
the modulation of the second theme.
(C) Anne corresponds to the tonic theme, and Chauvin
corresponds to the dominant theme.
(D) Anne’s return to her previous life corresponds to the
end of a sonata.
(E) The murder in the first chapter echoes the “moderato”
of the novel’s title.

5. Which of the following musical interpretations of the
final exchange between Anne and Chauvin would the author
most likely agree with?
(A) The Anne theme has been modulated into the Chauvin
theme and continues to survive Anne’s departure.
(B) Chauvin has absorbed the Anne theme, thereby
providing the reconciliation of the final part of the movement.
(C) Anne has renounced the Anne theme in favor of the
Chauvin theme, so no reconciliation has actually occurred.
(D) Both the Anne theme and the Chauvin theme continue
to exist side by side in Anne and can never be reconciled.
(E) The Chauvin theme has been modulated into the Anne
theme and thereby extinguished in a reconciliation.

6. With which of the following statements would the
author most likely agree?
(A) The musical form of the sonata is ideal for exploring
the complexities of human feelings.
(B) Music is a more effective art form for expressing the
duality of experience than literature.
(C) Unless a novel has a title and subject matter that
suggest musical form, it cannot be “heard” by the reader.
(D) Novels with musical structures are interesting
experiments but will not likely produce serious literature.
(E) Musical structures and techniques can be used to
enhance the effectiveness of a literary work.

7. The author’s attitude toward Duras’ work
can best be described as
(A) studied neutrality
(B) muted criticism
(C) scholarly indifference
(D) qualified admiration
(E) unbridled enthusiasm

The number of people diagnosed as having a certain intestinal disease has dropped significantly in a rural county this year, as compared to last year. Health officials attribute this decrease entirely to improved sanitary conditions at water-treatment plants, which made for cleaner water this year and thus reduced the incidence of the disease.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the health officials’ explanation for the lower incidence of the disease?

A) many new water-treatment plants have been built in the last five years in the rural county.
B) Bottled spring water has not been consumed in significantly different quantities by people diagnosed as having the intestinal disease, as compared to people who did not contract the disease.
C) Because of a new diagnostic technique, many people who until this year would have been diagnosed as having the intestinal disease are now correctly diagnosed as suffering from intestinal ulcers.
D) Because of medical advances this year, far fewer people who contract the intestinal disease will develop severe cases of the disease.
E) The water in the rural county was brought up to the sanitary standards of the water in neighboring counties ten years ago.

The relationship between corpulence and disease remain controversial, although statistics clearly associate a reduced life expectancy with chronic obesity.

(A) remain controversial, although statistics clearly associate a reduced life expectancy with
(B) remain controversial, although statistics clearly associates a reduced life expectancy with
(C) remain controversial, although statistics clearly associates reduced life expectancy to
(D) remains controversial, although statistics clearly associate a reduced life expectancy with
(E) remains controversial, although statistics clearly associates reduced life expectancy to

The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.

(A)  The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade
(B)  The United States petroleum industry’s cost by the end of the decade to meet environmental regulations is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum
(C) By the end of the decade, the United States petroleum industry’s cost of meeting environ mental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum
(D)  To meet environmental regulations, the cost to the United States petroleum industry is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade.
(E) It is estimated that by the end of the decade the cost to the United 5tates petroleum industry of meeting environmental regulations will be ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum.

News Release Issued: February 15, 2012 12:01 AM EST

Younger Test Takers, Women Driving Score Sending to Wider Variety of Management Programs

Reston, Virginia—The number of GMAT exams taken around the world in the 2011 testing year reached 258,192—the third-highest level on record—and included a 67 percent increase in tests taken by Chinese and other East Asian citizens compared with 2007, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) announced today. Also driving volume is increased interest in a broader range of graduate management programs, particularly specialized master’s programs in finance, accounting and management.

GMAT Score-Sending Patterns

The total number of GMAT scores sent to schools reached 750,399 in 2011, which is up 14 percent from 2007. The U.S. remains the most popular study destination for GMAT scores, however, the share of total scores sent to U.S. programs is down from 83 percent in 2007 to 77 percent. As the number of quality business schools grows around the world, this finding signals a more diverse array of options for where people are choosing to study.

More Female and Younger Test Takers

Findings from the new World Geographic Trend Report for GMAT Examinees also show the shares of women and people younger than 25 taking the GMAT are on the rise. The percentage of women taking the exam hit 41 percent in 2011, a new record. The percentage of exams taken by people younger than 25 rose from 37 percent in 2007 to 44 percent in 2011.

“This report clearly illustrates the growing diversity of management education, from the types of programs available, to the number of quality programs worldwide, to the variety of people who are choosing to pursue a degree,” said Dave Wilson, president and chief executive of the Graduate Management Admission Council. “We see this diversity in the growing applications for specialized master’s programs that are attracting candidates who are younger, have less work experience and are more likely to be female than the typical MBA candidate.”

The data show that interest in the GMAT among females is especially prevalent in the East and Southeast Asia region (which includes China), where the proportion of women taking the exam increased from 48 percent in 2007 to 57 percent in 2011, the sharpest growth for any world region during that period. In addition, the proportion of the region’s examinees who are younger than 25 nearly doubled during the period, growing from 32 percent to 61 percent.

Internationalization

During the five-year period covered by the report, the percentage of exams taken by citizens from countries other than the U.S. surpassed 50 percent for the first time in 2009 and reached 55 percent by 2011.

In a further illustration of the globalization of management education, the report finds that although schools in the U.S. remain the primary destination for nine of the ten citizenship groups studied, all but one (Middle Eastern citizens) sent a lower proportion of their GMAT scores to the U.S. in 2011 compared with 2007.

View the report. Go to www.gmac.com to see other research from GMAC.

About GMAC and the GMAT exam

The Graduate Management Admission Council (www.gmac.com) is a nonprofit education organization of leading graduate business schools and owner of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT® exam), used by almost 5,300 graduate business and management programs worldwide. GMAC is based in Reston, Virginia, and has regional offices in London, New Delhi and Hong Kong. The GMAT exam—the only standardized test designed expressly for graduate business and management programs worldwide—is continuously available at more than 550 test centers in over 110 countries. More information about the GMAT is available at www.mba.com.

Aristotle believed that human decision-making takes the form of a practical syllogism:

Major Premise: Sweet deserts are tasty.
Minor Premise: This is a piece of cake on my plate.

Conclusion: I’ll eat this piece of cake.

But Aristotle was not able to account for the problem of the akratic, someone who has knowledge of both the major premise and the minor premise and yet fails to act in accordance with this knowledge.

Which of the following best exemplifies the idea of the akratic?
(A) A doctor who prescribes an experimental drug because it is the only possible treatment for a condition
(B) A musician who practices diligently in order to become a better performer
(C) A smoker who is aware of the adverse consequences of tobacco smoke but smokes anyway
(D) A truck driver who forgets to activate a turn signal and causes an accident
(E) A person who enjoys musical theater and so attends a production of the musical Cats

Although the United States steel industry faces widely publicized economic problems that have eroded its steel production capacity, not all branches of the industry have been equally affected. The steel industry is not monolithic: it includes integrated producers, minimills, and
specialty-steel mills. The integrated producers start with iron ore and coal and produce a wide assortment of shaped steels. The minimills reprocess scrap steel into a limited range of low-quality products, such as reinforcing rods for concrete. The specialty-steel mills are similar
to minimills in that they tend to be smaller than the integrated producers and are based on scrap, but they manufacture much more expensive products than minimills do and commonly have an active in-house research-and-development effort.

Both minimills and specialty-steel mills have succeeded in avoiding the worst of the economic difficulties that are afflicting integrated steel producers, and some of the mills are quite profitable. Both take advantage of new technology for refining and casting steel, such as continuous casting, as soon as it becomes available. The minimills concentrate on producing a narrow range of products for sale in their immediate geographic area, whereas specialty-steel mills preserve flexibility in their operations in order to fulfill a customer’s particular specifications.
Among the factors that constrain the competitiveness of integrated producers are excessive labor, energy, and capital costs, as well as manufacturing inflexibility. Their equipment is old and less automated, and does not incorporate many of the latest refinement in steelmaking
technology. (For example, only about half of the United States integrated producers have continuous casters, which combine pouring and rolling into one operation and thus save the cost of separate rolling equipment.) One might conclude that the older labor-intensive machinery still operating in United States integrated plants is at fault for the poor performance
of the United States industry, but this cannot explain why Japanese integrated producers, who produce a higher-quality product using less energy and labor, are also experiencing economic trouble. The fact is that the common technological denominator of integrated producers is an
inherently inefficient process that is still rooted in the nineteenth century.
Integrated producers have been unable to compete successfully with minimills because the minimills, like specialty-steel mills, have dispensed almost entirely with the archaic energy and capital-intensive front end of integrated steelmaking: the iron-smelting process, including
the mining and preparation of the raw materials and the blast-furnace operation. In addition, minimills have found a profitable way to market steel products: as indicated above, they sell their finished products locally, thereby reducing transportation costs, and concentrate on a
limited range of shapes and sizes within a narrow group of products that can be manufactured economically. For these reasons, minimills have been able to avoid the economic decline affecting integrated steel producers.

1. Which one of the following best expresses the main idea of the

passage?
(A) United States steel producers face economic problems that are shared

by producers in other nations.
(B) Minimills are the most successful steel producers because they best

meet market demands for cheap steel.
(C) Minimills and specialty-steel mills are more economically competitive

than integrated producers because they use new technology and avoid the

costs of the iron-smelting process.
(D) United States steel producers are experiencing an economic decline

that can be traced back to the nineteenth century.
(E) New steelmaking technologies such as continuous casting will replace

blast-furnace operations to reverse the decline in United States steel

production.

2.    The author mentions all of the following as features of minimills

EXCEPT
(A) flexibility in their operations
(B) local sale of their products
(C) avoidance of mining operations
(D) use of new steel-refining technology
(E) a limited range of low-quality products

3.    The author of the passage refers to “Japanese integrated

producers” (line 43) primarily in order to support the view that
(A) different economic difficulties face the steel industries of

different nations
(B) not all integrated producers share a common technological denominator
(C) labor-intensive machinery cannot be blamed for the economic condition

of United States integrated steel producers
(D) modern steelmaking technology is generally labor-and energy-efficient
(E) labor-intensive machinery is an economic burden on United States

integrated steel producers

4.    Which one of the following best describes the organization of the

third paragraph?
(A) A hypothesis is proposed and supported; then an opposing view is

presented and criticized.
(B) A debate is described and illustrated: then a contrast is made and

the debate is resolved.
(C) A dilemma is described and cited as evidence for a broader criticism.
(D) A proposition is stated and argued, then rejected in favor of a more

general statement, which is supported with additional evidence.
(E) General statements are made and details given; then an explanation is

proposed and rejected, and an alternative is offered.

5.    It can be inferred from the passage that United States

specialty-steel mills generally differ from integrated steel producers in

that the specialty-steel mills
(A) sell products in a restricted geographical area
(B) share the economic troubles of the minimills
(C) resemble specialty-steel mills found in Japan
(D) concentrate on producing a narrow range of products
(E) do not operate blast furnaces

6.    Each of the following describes an industry facing a problem also

experienced by United Stated integrated steel producers EXCEPT
(A) a paper-manufacturing company that experiences difficulty in

obtaining enough timber and other raw materials to meet its orders
(B) a food-canning plant whose canning machines must constantly be tended

by human operators
(C) a textile firm that spends heavily on capital equipment and energy to

process raw cotton before it is turned into fabric
(D) a window-glass manufacturer that is unable to produce quickly

different varieties of glass with special features required by certain

customers
(E) a leather-goods company whose hand-operated cutting and stitching

machines were manufactured in Italy in the 1920s

7.    Which one of the following, if true, would best serve as

supporting evidence for the author’s explanation of the economic

condition of integrated steel producers?
(A) Those nations that derive a larger percentage of their annual steel

production from minimills than the United States does also have a smaller

per capita trade deficit.
(B) Many integrated steel producers are as adept as the specialty-steel

mills at producing high-quality products to meet customer specifications.
(C) Integrated steel producers in the United States are rapidly adopting

the production methods of Japanese integrated producers.
(D) Integrated steel producers in the United States are now attempting to

develop a worldwide market by advertising heavily.
(E) Those nations in which iron-smelting operations are carried out

independently of steel production must heavily subsidize those operations

in order to make them profitable.

A jar contains between 50 and 60 marbles. If the marbles are counted out 3 at a time, 1 is left over; if they are counted out 4 at a time, 3 are left over. How many marbles are in the jar?

(A) 52

(B) 54

(C) 55

(D) 58

(E) 59

In a certain population, x out of every y persons are found to have characteristic * . If 200 persons are found to have characteristic *, then which  of the following expressions provides the total number of persons in the population?

(A) 200x

(B) 200xy

(C) 200x/y

(D) 200y/x

(E) 200(x -y)

Gray marketing, the selling of trademarked products through channels of distribution not authorized by the trademark holder, can involve distribution of goods either within a market region or across market boundaries. Gray marketing within a market region (“channel flow diversion”) occurs when manufacturer-authorized distributors sell trademarked goods to unauthorized distributors who then sell the goods to consumers within the same region. For example, quantity discounts from manufacturers may motivate authorized dealers to enter the gray market because they can purchase larger quantities of a product than they themselves intend to stock if they can sell the extra units through gray marketing channels.
When gray marketing occurs across market boundaries, it is typically in an international setting and may be called “parallel importing.” Manufacturers often produce and sell products in more than one country and establish a network of authorized dealers in each country. Parallel importing occurs when trademarked goods intended for one country are diverted from proper channels (channel flow diversion) and then exported to unauthorized distributors in another country.

Trademark owners justifiably argue against gray marketing practices since such practices clearly jeopardize the goodwill established by trademark owners: consumers who purchase trademarked goods in the gray market do not get the same “extended product,” which typically includes pre- and postsale service. Equally important, authorized distributors may cease to promote the product if it becomes available for much lower prices through unauthorized channels.

Current debate over regulation of gray marketing focuses on three disparate theories in trademark law that have been variously and confusingly applied to parallel importation cases: universality, exhaustion, and territoriality. The theory of universality holds that a trademark is only an indication of the source or origin of the product. This theory does not recognize the goodwill functions of a trademark. When the courts apply this theory, gray marketing practices are allowed to continue because the origin of the product remains the same regardless of the specific route of the product through the channel of distribution. The exhaustion theory holds that a trademark owner relinquishes all rights once a product has been sold. When this theory is applied, gray marketing practices are allowed to continue because the trademark owners’ rights cease as soon as their products are sold to a distributor. The theory of territoriality holds that a trademark is effective in the country in which it is registered. Under the theory of territoriality, trademark owners can stop gray marketing practices in the registering countries on products bearing their trademarks. Since only the territoriality theory affords trademark owners any real legal protection against gray marketing practices, I believe it is inevitable as well as desirable that it will come to be consistently applied in gray marketing cases.

1) Which one of the following best expresses the main point of the passage?
(A) Gray marketing is unfair to trademark owners and should be legally controlled.
(B) Gray marketing is practiced in many different forms and places, and legislators should recognize the futility of trying to regulate it.
(C) The mechanisms used to control gray marketing across markets are different from those most effective in controlling gray marketing within markets.
(D) The three trademark law theories that have been applied in gray marketing cases lead to different case outcomes.
(E) Current theories used to interpret trademark laws have resulted in increased gray marketing activity.

2) The function of the passage as a whole is to
(A) criticize the motives and methods of those who practice gray marketing
(B) evaluate the effects of both channel flow diversion and parallel importation
(C) discuss the methods that have been used to regulate gray marketing and evaluate such methods’ degrees of success
(D) describe a controversial marketing practice and evaluate several legal views regarding it
(E) discuss situations in which certain marketing practices are common and analyze the economic factors responsible for their development

3) Which one of the following does the author offer as an argument against gray marketing?
(A) Manufacturers find it difficult to monitor the effectiveness of promotional efforts made on behalf of products that are gray marketed.
(B) Gray marketing can discourage product promotion by authorized distributors.
(C) Gray marketing forces manufacturers to accept the low profit margins that result from quantity discounting.
(D) Gray marketing discourages competition among unauthorized dealers.
(E) Quality standards in the manufacture of products likely to be gray marketed may decline.

4) The information in the passage suggests that proponents of the theory of territoriality would probably differ from proponents of the theory of exhaustion on which one of the following issues?
(A) the right of trademark owners to enforce, in countries in which the trademarks are registered, distribution agreements intended to restrict distribution to authorized channels
(B) the right of trademark owners to sell trademarked goods only to those distributors who agree to abide by distribution agreements
(C) the legality of channel flow diversion that occurs in a country other than the one in which a trademark is registered
(D) the significance consumers attach to a trademark
(E) the usefulness of trademarks as marketing tools

5) The author discusses the impact of gray marketing on goodwill in order to
(A) fault trademark owners for their unwillingness to offer a solution to a major consumer complaint against gray marketing
(B) indicate a way in which manufacturers sustain damage against which they ought to be protected
(C) highlight one way in which gray marketing across markets is more problematic than gray marketing within a market
(D) demonstrate that gray marketing does not always benefit the interests of unauthorized distributors
(E) argue that consumers are unwilling to accept a reduction in price in exchange for elimination of service

6) The author’s attitude toward the possibility that the courts will come to exercise consistent control over gray marketing practices can best be characterized as one of
(A) resigned tolerance
(B) utter dismay
(C) reasoned optimism
(D) unbridled fervor
(E) cynical indifference

7) It can be inferred from the passage that some channel flow diversion might be eliminated if
(A) profit margins on authorized distribution of goods were less than those on goods marketed through parallel importing
(B) manufacturers relieved authorized channels of all responsibility for product promotion
(C) manufacturers charged all authorized distributors the same unit price for products regardless of quantity purchased
(D) the postsale service policies of authorized channels were controlled by manufacturers
(E) manufacturers refused to provide the “extended product” to consumers who purchase goods in the gray market

A wire that weighs 24 kilograms is cut into two pieces so that one of the pieces weighs 16 kilograms and is 34 meters long.  If the weight of each piece is proportional to its length, how many meters long is the other piece of wire?

A) 8
B) 11
C) 13
D) 17
E) 20

Unlike that of the Native Americans of British Columbia, the Plains, and the Southwest, those of Puget Sound lived in relatively small, autonomous villages.

(A)  Unlike that of
(B)  Unlike those of
(C)  Unlike
(D)  In contrast to that of
(E)  Dissimilar to

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Have spent at least 3 years in the U.S. studying toward completion of an undergraduate degree,
OR
Have completed a graduate degree in the U.S. or worked in the U.S. at least 2 years
OR
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Happy New Year 2012

Achievers Family wish you a v v v Very Happy New Year 2012

Which of the following best completes the passage below?
In today?s pluralistic society, textbook publishers find themselves in an increasingly uncomfortable position. Since the schools are regarded as a repository of society?s moral and cultural values, each group within society wishes to prevent any material that offends its own values from appearing in textbooks. As a result, stance on an issue is certain to run afoul of one group or another. And since textbook publishers must rely on community goodwill to sell their books, it is inevitable that______

(A) fewer and fewer publishers will be willing to enter the financially uncertain textbook industry
(B) the ethical and moral content of textbooks will become increasingly neutral and bland
(C) more and more pressure groups will arise that seek to influence the content of textbooks
(D) the government will be forced to intervene in the increasingly rancorous debate over the content of textbooks
(E) school boards, teachers, and principals will find it nearly impossible to choose among the variety of textbooks being offered

Some biographers have not only disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also questioned whether he drank at all.
(A) have not only disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also
questioned whether he drank
(B) not only have disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also
over whether he drank
(C) have disputed not only the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also
whether he may not have drunk
(D) not only have disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also
questioned whether or not he had drunk
(E) have disputed the common notion not only that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also
questioned whether he may not have drunk

Four dollar amounts, w, x, y, and z, were invested in a business. Which amount was greatest?

1. y < z < x

2. x was 25 percent of the total of the four investments.

Selected Possible Answer

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If n and k are positive integers, is n divisible by 6?

(1) n = k(k + 1)(k – 1)
(2) k > 1 is a multiple of 3.
A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

A calendar stick carved centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide the first evidence that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them on systematic astronomical observation.

(A) that the North American Indians have developed advanced full-year calendars basing them
(B) of the North American Indians who have developed advanced full-year calendars and based them
(C) of the development of advanced full-year calendars by North American Indians, basing them
(D) of the North American Indians and their development of advanced full-year calendars based
(E) that the North American Indians developed advanced full-year calendars based