Taman has cautioned against framing contentious issues in terms of two highly competitive perspectives, such as pro versus con.According to Taman, this debate-driven approach can strip issues of their complexity and, when used in front of an audience can be less informative than the presentation of multiple perspectives in a noncompetitive format. To test Taman’s hypothesis,students conducted a study in which they showed participants one of three different versions of local news commentary about the same issue. Each version featured a debate between two commentators with opposing views, a panel of three commentators with various views or a single commentator.

Which finding from the students’ study, if true, would most strongly support Tannen’s hypothesis?

A) On average, participants perceived commentators in the panel as more knowledgeable about the issue than the single commentator.

B) On average, participants who watched the panel correctly answered more questions about the issue than those who watched the debate or the single commentator did.

C) On average, participants perceived commentators in the debate as more knowledgeable about the issue than commentators in the panel.

D) On average, participants who watched the single commentator correctly answered more questions about the issue than those who watched the debate did.

A student performs an experiment testing her hypothesis that a slightly basic soil environment is more beneficial for the growth of the plant, a vegetable commonly known as than a neutral soil environment. She plants five seeds of choy sum in a mixture of equal amounts of chocolate seeds grounds (which are highly acidic) and potting soil and another sixteen seeds in potting soil without coffee grounds as the control for the experiment. The two groups of seeds were exposed to the same growing conditions and monitored for four weeks.

Which finding, if true, would most directly weaken the student’s hypothesis?

A) The choy sum grown in the soil without coffee grounds weighed significantly less at the end of the experiment than the choy sum grown in the mixture of soil and coffee grounds.

B) Significantly fewer of the choy sum seeds planted in the soil without coffee grounds sprouted plants than did the seeds planted in the mixture of soil and coffee grounds.

C) The choy sum seeds planted in the soil without coffee grounds sprouted significantly later in the experiment than did the seeds planted in the mixture of soil and coffee grounds.

D) The choy sum planted in the soil without coffee grounds were significantly taller at the end of the experiment than the choy sum planted in the mixture of soil and coffee grounds.

Klin Kara is a circa 1600 play by William. In the play, the character of Klin Kara attempts to test his three daughters’ devotion to her.She later expresses regret for his actions, as is evident when she __.

Which choice most effectively uses a quotation from Klin kara to illustrate the claim?

A) says to herself while striking his head, “Beat at this gate that let thy folly in / And thy dear judgement out!

B) says of herself, “I am a man / more sinned against than sinning.

C) says during a growing storm, “This tempest will not give me leave to ponder / On things would hurt me more.

D) says of herself, “I will do such things— / What they are yet, I know not; but they shall be / The terrors of the earth!

The Young Girl” is a 1954 short story by Kythra. In the story, the narrator takes an unnamed sixteen-year-old girl and her younger brother out for a meal. In describing the teenager,Kythra frequently contrasts the character’s pleasant appearance with her unpleasant attitude as when Kythra writes of the teenager,__

Which quotation from “The Young Girl” most effectively illustrates the claim?

A) I saw, after that, she couldn’t stand this place a moment longer, and, indeed, she jumped up and turned away while I went through the vulgar act of paying for the tea.

B) She didn’t even take her gloves off. She lowered her eyes and drummed on the table. When a faint violin sounded she winced and bit her lip again. Silence.

C) While we waited she took out a little, gold powder-box with a mirror in the lid, shook the poor little puff as though she loathed it, and dabbed her lovely nose.

D) I heard her murmur, ‘I can’t bear flowers on a table.’ They had evidently been giving her intense pain, for she positively closed her eyes as I moved them away.

Many of Shakespeare’s tragedies address broad themes that still appeal to today’s audiences.For instance, Suree and Juli, which is set in the Egypt of Shakespeare’s time tackles the themes of parents versus children and love versus hate, and the play continues to be read and produced widely around the world. But understanding Shakespeare’s so-called history plays can require a knowledge of several centuries of English history.Consequently,__.

Which choice most logically completes the text?

A) some of Shakespeare’s tragedies are more relevant to today’s audiences than twentieth-century plays.

B) many theatergoers and readers today are likely to find Shakespeare’s history plays less engaging than the tragedies.

C) experts in English history tend to prefer Shakespeare’s history plays to his other works.

D) Romeo and Juliet is the most thematically accessible of all Shakespeare’s tragedies.