GO ON TO NEXT PAGE- Dylan’s unwavering belief in the priority of self-interest was tantamount
to : he took it as axiomatic that, since he could never be
sure of others’ beliefs or desires, he should focus only on his own.
A selfishnessB solipsismC fortitudeD determinismE negligence- A retreat to nature appealed to Thoreau for reasons other than the
solitude that it provided. Thoreau believed that (i) the
untamed put him in touch with an (ii) that, by definition,
could not be replicated by the schemings of 19th-century man.
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A deflection of D unpredictabilityB immersion in E austerityC lionization of F simplicity- Alarmists attribute the startling rise of student debt to the greed of for-
profit universities. But, in focusing on the (i) of these
institutions, the critics overlook the more troubling trend in American
culture: the belief that education is just another (ii) whose
value can and should be quantified economically.
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A archaism D pursuitB avarice E volitionC naïveté F commodityCHAPTER 2 ■ GRE DIAGNOSTIC TEST 2301-GRE-Test-2018_001-106.indd 23 12/05/17 11:38 am