- Which of the following best describes the char-
acterization of the man and the woman in the
first two paragraphs?
(A) He is confused, while she is passionate.
(B) He is angry, while she is jocular.
(C) He is stoic, while she is serene.
(D) He is ambivalent, while she is anxious.
(E) He is disdainful, while she is whimsical. - The author suggests that one “who is suddenly
overwhelmed by terror” (lines 9–10) is temporarily
(A) vindictive
(B) defensive
(C) cautious
(D) disoriented
(E) resentful - The description of “the catastrophe” (lines
11–12) serves primarily to suggest that
(A) the couple has endured a terrible
accident
(B) Ognev is devastated by Vera’s harsh
words
(C) Ognev is deeply troubled by Vera’s pas-
sionate expression of love
(D) Ognev holds Vera responsible for a crime
(E) Vera has told Ognev a horrible secret - In line 24, “objects” most nearly means
(A) possessions
(B) facts
(C) decorations
(D) goals
(E) complaints- The passage suggests that the “bad and
strange” (line 39) thing that was taking place
in Ognev’s heart was his
(A) eagerness
(B) sadism
(C) jealousy
(D) hatred
(E) disaffection - In lines 57–58, “statistics, books or philosoph-
ical truths” are mentioned as examples of
things that
(A) Vera does not understand
(B) Ognev and Vera share reluctantly
(C) Ognev abandoned long ago
(D) Vera loves passionately
(E) Ognev inexplicably values more highly
than passion - The primary function of the final paragraph is
to show Ognev’s
(A) struggle to understand his own feelings
(B) anger about Vera’s misrepresentation of
her feelings
(C) frustration with the voices in his head
(D) outrage with his inability to understand
a philosophical concept
(E) appreciation of Vera’s beauty
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