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  1. Adam Smith was a professor of philosophy, a
    commissioner of customs, and founded the
    field of modern economics.
    (A) a commissioner of customs, and founded
    the field of modern economics
    (B) worked as commissioner of customs, and
    founded the field of modern economics
    (C) a commissioner of customs, and the
    founder of the field of modern economics
    (D) commissioned customs, and was the
    founder of the field of modern economics
    (E) a commissioner of customs, and was the
    founder of the field of modern economics

  2. John Locke was one of the first philosophers
    to attack the principle of primogeniture, the
    practice of handing the monarchy downto the
    king’s first-born son.
    (A) primogeniture, the practice of handing
    the monarchy down
    (B) primogeniture; the practice of handing
    the monarchy down
    (C) primogeniture being the practice of
    handing the monarchy down
    (D) primogeniture that which handed down
    the monarchy
    (E) primogeniture this was the practice of
    handing the monarchy down

  3. The nation’s fledgling economy struggled be-
    cause the investment from other countries
    into its major industries was lacking from
    most of them.
    (A) because the investment from other coun-
    tries into its major industries was lacking
    from most of them
    (B) because few other countries were willing
    to invest in its major industries
    (C) due to the fact that few other countries
    would have invested in its major
    industries
    (D) because of the lack of investment from few
    other countries in its major industries
    (E) for the lack of investment in its major in-
    dustries from other countries
    7. The corporation began construction on the
    new building in January, but there is still no
    completion.
    (A) there is still no completion
    (B) they have yet to complete it
    (C) it has yet to complete the project
    (D) they have not still completed it yet
    (E) it isn’t hardly done yet
    8. Having spread more quickly than antibiotics
    could be distributed, doctors were prevented
    from effectively treating the virulent disease.
    (A) doctors were prevented from effectively
    treating the virulent disease
    (B) doctors could not effectively treat the viru-
    lent disease because it thwarted them
    (C) the doctors who were trying to treat it
    effectively were prevented by the virulent
    disease
    (D) the virulent disease prevented itself from
    its being treated effectively by the
    doctors
    (E) the virulent disease prevented the
    doctors from treating it effectively
    9. Although psychologist B. F. Skinner, who is
    best known as the man who popularized be-
    haviorism, healso wrote a utopian novel enti-
    tled Walden Two.
    (A) Skinner, who is best known as the man
    who popularized behaviorism, he
    (B) Skinner, who is best known as the man
    who popularized behaviorism,
    (C) Skinner is best known as the man who
    popularized behaviorism, he
    (D) Skinner popularized behaviorism, for
    which he is well known, nevertheless he
    (E) Skinner, who is best known as the man
    who popularized behaviorism, is the
    one who

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