is summed up in (A). Choice (B) is incorrect because there is no support for publishers
being greedy. Choice (C) is incorrect because the passage says Stowe’s work was already
popular as a periodical series.
27. C The average annual income of a man in this period is not in line with the main idea of the
paragraph, which discusses the shift from periodicals to novels. To add this statement
would be inconsistent with the paragraph’s focus, which is stated in (C).
28. A Choices (B) and (D) use the wrong verb tense. Choice (C) is not in line with the focus of
the paragraph. Additionally, since we do not know if the series is still known this way, (A)
is the correct answer.
29. B Effect is generally a noun, while affect is a verb except in certain unusual circumstances.
The underlined portion needs to be a noun, so affects is incorrect. Eliminate (A) and (D).
The sentence discusses multiple effects, not something belonging to the effects, so the plural
form of the verb is needed, not the possessive form. Eliminate (C). This leaves (B), which
is the correct answer.
30. B The correct answer will feature words or phrases that make the passage as precise as
possible. Without the actual names, the phrase William Bonney and James Butler Hickcock
became the folk heroes does not make sense. We need the names of transformed folk heroes
in order to make sense of the sentence. Eliminate (C) and (D). Choice (A) is incorrect
because the rest of sentence does not speak in generalities; it provides two names already.
Choice (B) is correct.
31. C The correct idiom is learned from, not taught from, so eliminate (A). The new media has
not brought anything from the dime novel’s popularity because it is something entirely new,
so eliminate (D). Learned is more precise than got, so the correct answer is (C).
32. C As written, the sentence is unclear for whom or what the foundation is being laid, so
eliminate(A). The underlined portion needs to follow the word foundation in order to
clarify this. The correct answer will make the passage as precise as possible. This is (C).
33. B A frame of reference is a set of criteria or stated values in relation to which measurements
or judgments can be made. Integration, (B), is the intermixing of people or groups that
were previously segregated. Since this does not serve as an acceptable alternative to frame
of reference, it is the correct answer.
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34. C Be sure to compare similar things to maintain consistency and precision. The sentence as
written compares methods to humans. Compare methods to methods, or change the
construction of the sentence. Eliminate (A) and (D) because both make the same mistake.
Choice (B) uses the singular pronoun that to refer to the plural methods, so eliminate it.
Choice (C) uses the correct comparison and the plural pronoun, so it is correct.
35. A All four choices use similar words. Choose the one that expresses the idea most clearly. In
