Visual artist Gabriela Alemán states that the bold colors of comics, pop art, and Latinx culture have always fascinated her. This passion for the rich history and colors of her Latinx community translates into the____artworks she produces.

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

A) vivid

B) unknown

C) definite

D) reserved

Scientists previously thought that all electric eels belong to a single species, but a team of researchers led by zoologist C.David de Santana proved this idea wrong by____that there are in fact three distinct species of electric eels.

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

A) pretending

B) complaining

C) requiring

D) demonstrating

In recommending Bao Phi’s collection Sông I Sing, a librarian noted that pieces by the spoken-word poet don’t lose their____nature when printed: the language has the same pleasant musical quality on the page as it does when performed by Phi.

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

A) scholarly

B) melodic

C) jarring

D) personal

The following text is from Claude McKay’s 1922 poem “Morning Joy.” The speaker is looking out a window and observing a wold, or large area of land.

At night the wide and level stretch of wold,
Which at high noon had basked in quiet gold,
Far as the eye could see was ghostly white;
Dark was the night save for the snow’s weird light.

I drew the shades far down, crept into bed;
Hearing the cold wind moaning overhead
Through the sad pines, my soul, catching its pain,
Went sorrowing with it across the plain.

As used in the text, what does the word “drew” most nearly mean?

A) Pulled

B) Drained

C) Inspired

D) Sketched

In the mid-nineteenth century, some abolitionist newspapers____westward migration in the United States; by printing a letter that described the easy fortunes and high salaries miners could make in California during the Gold Rush, Frederick Douglass’s newspaper North Star was one such publication that inspired readers to relocate.

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

A) stimulated

B) assigned

C) opposed

D) disregarded