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There is one LINCHPIN name, however, too frequently omitted from surveys of the early impressionist art movement. Egvaan -a friend and contemporary of the Paris impressionists-never described herself as an innovator or revolutionary, and this work tremendously influenced the transmigration of impressions from the walls of radical art galleries to those of homes and businesses throughout Europe.

As used in the text, what does the word "linchpin" most nearly mean?

A) Commercial

B) Improvisational

C) Essential

D) Artistic

2

While Ms.Devi, the teacher, approved of creativity, he couldn’t____, the students expressing themselves in the form of graffiti. Stylistically, she could appreciate the pieces, but she still considered them vandalism.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

A) sanction

B) confirm that

C) boycott

D) consent with

3

The stench was almost love-powering, but it was nothing. Her whole soul was dancing with joy-he was at work at last! She was at work and earning money! All day long, she was figuring to herself was paid the fabulous sum of seventeen and a half cents an hour and as it proved a rush day and she worked until nearly seven 'o’clock in the evening, she went home to the family with the tidings that she had earned more than a dollar and a half in a single day!

As used in the text,what does the word``figuring"most nearly mean?

A) Doubting

B) Believing

C) Assuming

D) Calculating

4

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

A) subversive

B) innocuous

C) organic

D) deleterious

5

Not only does studying abroad help students to find their career path, but it also makes them more____to employers. Among the marketable benefits are language skills, an extensive network, cultural adaptability, self-reliance, open-mindedness, and an appreciation for diversity.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

A) appealing

B) introverted

C) monetarist

D) disparaging

6

After degree completion, teachers need to acquire a teaching certificate or a license to teach most often, this licensing is achieved via teacher education programs where ____teachers student-teach under more experienced instructors.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical andprecise word?

A) prospecting

B) previewing

C) prospective

D) perspective

7

Echolocation is the highly sophisticated sense of hearing in which sound waves bounce off objects and emit echoes that microbats use to detect obstacles. It is this____that allows the nocturnal microbat to sense where an object is, how big or small that object may be, and even how fast that object is moving.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word?

A) material

B) created

C) thing

D) object

8

The great dramatists of the 20th century-Martin, Merry, John,and Harry still owes an enormous creative debt to their l9th-century____most particularly to the two Scandinavian playwrights, Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

A) seniors

B) historians

C) elders

D) forebears

9

It is safe to say no one posts any picture of themselves looking anything less than their best. They don’t post about the boredom of their internship, their "staying-in" jeans, or the ramen noodles they eat most evenings for dinner. This creates a false online environment. People logging into Facebook after school each day see what appears to be all their friends and acquaintances living amazing and exciting lives. As they eat a frozen dinner and try to decide what to watch on Amazon Prime, Aha, people scroll through engaging and perfect pictures and feel____.

Which choice most logically completes the text?

A) personally fulfilled with the intellectual stimulation they find.

B) worse about themselves and their seemingly inferior lives.

C) a desire to improve their computer fluency through additional study.

D) satisfied that they can stay in touch with friends in other cities.

10

A classroom that fails to challenge a student’s fundamental principles and creates a hunger for lifetime learning fails altogether. Whether teaching the humanities or the sciences, the educator is the one who lays out a sudoku and pilots instances of profound, sublime enlightenment. A student lucky enough to study under a true teacher is never satisfied but, instead, is relentlessly looking for answers.

What choice best describes the function of the Italic print sentence in the text as a whole?

A) It portrays the likely career trajectory for a prospective educator.

B) It emphasizes how an excellent teacher will inspire their students to be curious

C) It elaborates on the specific methods that a teacher can use to achieve a goal.

D) It provides a counterexample to the primary claim of the text.