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23.E The author characterizes herself as a wee child
toddling in a wonder world(lines 72–73), indicating
that she is in awe of the world around her. Although
one might expect her to be vengeful in response to the
pugilist(line 66) who grossly pervert[ed] the spirit of
[her] pen(line 68), there is no indication in the para-
graph that she is vengeful.
24.A The author says in lines 68–72 that still I would
not forget that the pale-faced missionary and the aborig-
ine are both God’s creatures, though small indeed in
their own conceptions of Infinite Love.In other
words, the author respects the missionary but believes
he is small-minded.
Section 6
1.D The verb must agree with the plural subject
claims.Choice (D) is most concise and correct.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 1: Subject-Verb Disagreement)
2.A The original sentence is best.3.B The participial phrase opening the sentence
modifies Sartre himself, not his writing.This being
the case, the phrase dangles.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 7: Dangling and Misplaced
Participles)
4.C Choice (C) best follows the law of parallelism.(Chapter 15, Lesson 3: Parallelism)
5.A The original sentence is best.6.B Choice (B) is the most concise, logical, and
complete.
(Chapter 12, Lesson 9: Write Concisely)
7.C The original phrasing contains an incomplete
thought. Choice (C) is by far the most concise and direct.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 15: Coordinating Ideas)
8.E The participle having spreadmodifies the dis-
ease,not the doctors.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 7: Dangling and Misplaced
Participles)
9.C The original phrasing contains an incomplete
thought. Choice (C) is by far the most concise and direct.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 15: Coordinating Ideas)
10.D The participle singingmodifies Anita,not her
hoarseness. Furthermore, the participle is in the
wrong form; it should be in the perfect form having
sung,because only the previoussinging could have
contributed to her hoarseness.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 7: Dangling and Misplaced
Participles)
(Chapter 15, Lesson 9: Tricky Tenses)11.A The original sentence is best.12.A The word quickis an adjective and can thus
modify only a noun. But since it modifies the verb
turned,the adverb quicklyis needed here.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 12: Other Modifier Problems)13.B This sentence violates the law of parallelism.
If she is known for her initiative,she should also be
known for devoting her own time.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 3: Parallelism)14.C Since the Medieval era is long past, its begin-
ningis “completed” or, in grammar terms, “perfect.”
So this phrase should be the “perfect” form of the in-
finitive: to have begun.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 9: Tricky Tenses)15.B The word neitheris almost always part of the
phrase neither of.. .or neither A nor B.So choice (B)
should read nor even.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 10: Idiom Errors)16.D The word lessis used to compare only quanti-
ties that can’t be counted. If the quantities are count-
able, as accidents are, the word should be fewer.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 4: Comparison Problems)17.B To convey the proper sequence of events, the
perfect tense is required: had spent.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 9: Tricky Tenses)18.A The subject of the verb hasis the plural noun
newspapers.(The sentence is “inverted,” because the
subject follows the verb.) The proper form of the verb,
then, is have.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 1: Subject-Verb Disagreement)
(Chapter 15, Lesson 2: Trimming Sentences)19.B The original sentence has a “comma splice”
that incorrectly joins two sentences with only a
comma. A better phrasing is dream that led.
(Chapter 15, Lesson 15: Coordinating Ideas)