College Mathematics:

If n is an odd integer, which of the following must be odd?

(A) n + 1
(B) (n + 1)²
(C) n²
(D) n² + 1

Humanities:

1. Crazy Jane is the heroine of a series of poems by the author of “Sailing to Byzantium,” who is

(A) T.S. Eliot.
(B) Alfred Tennyson.
(C) Dylan Thomas.
(D) William Butler Yeats.
(E) W.H. Auden.

2. The film Roshomon, starring Toshiro Mifune, was directed by

(A) Peter Bogdanovich.
(B) Isamu Noguchi.
(C) Akira Kurosawa.
(D) Red Buttons.
(E) S.I. Hayakawa.

English Composition:

Identifying Sentence Errors: Identify the error in the following sentence. If there is no error, select choice [E].

In this type	of problem,	the total	of all the items	are	always a positive number.	No error.
[A]		[B]	[C]	[D]		[E]

Restructuring Sentences: Revise the following sentence according to the directions that follow it.

Since there were too many books on the weak table, Mary removed two of them and put them on the shelf.

Begin with Mary removed.

(A) on the weak table
(B) by the weak table
(C) from the weak table
(D) upon the weak table
(E) onto the weak table

Improving Sentences: In the following sentence, part of the sentence or the entire sentence is underlined. Beneath, you will find five versions of the underlined part of the sentence. Choice (A) repeats the original; the other four are different. Choose the answer that best expresses the meaning of the original sentence. If you think the original is better than any of the alternatives, select choice (A); otherwise, choose one of the others.

The reason the company failed was because the president spent too much money.

(A) The reason the company failed was because
(B) The company failed because
(C) Because the company failed
(D) Because the reason was the company failed
(E) The company failed was because

Revising Work in Progress: This is an early draft of a student essay in which the sentences have been numbered for easy reference. Some parts of the selection need to be changed. Read the selection and try to answer the questions. If you find that you are having difficulty answering a question or get a different answer, refer back to the prior section concerning that type of question.

(1) When I think about my childhood in Mexico, the most vivid memory was our visit to my paternal grandmother's home in the state of Michoac. (2) She was a tiny dark woman with long gray-black braids. (3) She lived in a tiny dirt-floored shack off the center square of a small village. (4) Our mother came from a wealthy family in the capital. (5) My father, a self-made man, never spoke of his roots. (6) He had never introduced us to his family. (7) When I was five, his father died. (8) Usually on the Day of the Dead holiday, we went to the cemetery and laid flowers on the graves. (9) That fall, my father informed us that we would be going that holiday to his mother's house. (10) My father seemed almost embarrassed to take us there.

Which of the following is the best way to revise and combine sentences 4 and 5?

(A) My father, a self-made man, never spoke of his roots to my mother's wealthy family in the capital.
(B) My mother came from a wealthy family in the capital, while my father, a self-made man, never spoke of his roots.
(C) My father, a self-made man, never came from a wealthy family like my mother, so he never talked about his past.
(D) Our mother came from a wealthy family in the capital, and my father, as a self-made man, never spoke of his roots.
(E) My mother was very different from my father because she came from a wealthy family in the capital, and my father was a self-made man who never talked about his family.

Natural Sciences:

1. When DDT or PCB are introduced into the base of a food pyramid, they will
(A) decompose rapidly.
(B) become incorporated into nucleic acids.
(C) show a biomagnification up the pyramid.
(D) dilute themselves out as they move up the pyramid.
(E) become less toxic substances.

2. When small particles are added to a liquid they can often be seen to be undergoing very rapid motion on the surface of the liquid. The explanation for this motion is best described by which of the following statements?
(A) The electrical interactions between the liquid and the suspended particles
(B) The molecular vibrations of the liquid causing collisions with the suspended particles
(C) The low density of the particles causing them to try to rise above the surface of the liquid
(D) Air currents above the liquid moving the particles
(E) The heat rising, causing the particles to move

Social Sciences and History:

1. Before ratifying the Articles of Confederation, Maryland demanded which of the following?
(A) That individual states maintain funds derived from taxes they levy
(B) That individual states have the right to issue their own currency
(C) That all states cede to the Union all claims to western lands
(D) That the right of Congress to levy taxes be restricted
(E) That Congress assume both legislative and executive functions

2. Which of the following is true about a Mercator projection map?
(A) east-west dimensions of geographic areas are accurate.
(B) north-south dimensions of geographic areas are accurate.
(C) mathematical locations are accurate.
(D) mathematical locations are inaccurate.
(E) lines of longitude converge at the poles.

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