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Dickens Takes the Stage Fritz Pollard beyond the Gridiron

Most fans of Charles Dickens know him because
of his popular novels, but his talent extended to the
theater as well. Having acted in several places before
turning to 313 writing—Dickens continued to participate
in a variety of productions while writing such novels
Oliver Twist.
Pollard played a number of other professional roles
in his extraordinarily far-ranging career, including
investment advisor, 343 filmmaker, and, tax consultant.
Yet all of the roles he played, one thin about Pollard
never changed: his commitment to creating more chances
for African Americans to excel in their chosen fields.

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A) NO CHANGE A) NO CHANGE
B) writing; B) filmmaker; and
C) writing. C) filmmaker and,
D) writing, D) filmmaker, and

Why We Still Need Mapmakers

Though his stage set was austere—consisting of little
more than a reading desk, a pitcher of water, and a
drinking glass—Dickens set the scene with just his
presence and voice. Reading from an annotated copy of a
323 book; in which he had scrawled stage directions, he
would impersonate as many as 23 fictional characters in
a single two-hour performance.
As applications such as Google Maps re-create the
world in precise detail, some people wonder if there is
anything left to map and 353 Is there still a need for
cartographers at all. Yet whether they are overseeing
complex software to ensure accuracy or innovating
content and form to expand our understanding of a
particular place, trained cartographers remain essential.

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A) NO CHANGE A) No CHANGE
B) book B) if we still need cartographers at all.
C) book: C) do we still need cartographers at all.
D) if cartographers are still needed at all?
D) book—

In his warm greetings to the audience before each To ensure that maps accurately reflect a world in
performance, the author ceased being a remote perpetual flux, mapmakers must be 363 vigilant, about
333 figure, he became a friend. Dickens further enhanced monitoring data, and integrating new information.
the intimacy by inviting audience members to express
their reactions openly, and he was often inspired by their 6
gasps, chuckles, and applause to improvise lines to A) No CHANGE
prolong moments of comedy or pathos. B) vigilant, about monitoring data
C) vigilant about monitoring data.
3 D) vigilant about monitoring data

A) NO CHANGE
B) figure; and
C) figure—but
D) figure:
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Mapmakers are more than just GIS experts and The Pioneers of the Great Exodus
373 designers though, they’re storytellers who craft
narratives through the selection, arrangement, and Some exodusters returned to the familiar terrain of
juxtaposition of spatial information. their home 3113 states: but others—including Hickman
and her husband, Daniel, decided to stay in their new
7 farming villages.
A) NO CHANGE
B) designers, though, 11
C) designers, though A) NO CHANGE
D) designers, though: B) states—but others
C) states; but, others
D) states, but others,

A map pinpointing the city’s coffee shops also charts Debunking Myths of the Dodo
sewer lines and 383 reservoirs to show how commerce,
infrastructure, and natural resources are interrelated. Eventually, harvests in Nicodemus grew, which allowed
residents to purchase lumber for their houses and
8 attracted 3123 banks, grocery stores, and other
A) NO CHANGE businesses.
B) reservoirs. Showing
C) reservoirs to which show 12
D) reservoirs, which it shows A) NO CHANGE
B) banks, grocery, stores
C) banks; grocery stores,
D) banks; grocery stores
The Art of a Cat’s Lap

In 2010, a 393 team, of researchers, at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology recorded high-
speed movies of house cats lapping water.
Hume noted that the robust kneecaps of R. cucullatus,
9 along with its thick leg bones and broad 3133 pelvis
A) NO CHANGE would have provided it with the strength and
B) team of researchers, maneuverability to easily navigate the rocky and densely
C) team of researchers forested landscape of Mauritius.
D) team, of researchers
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A) NO CHANGE
B) pelvis—
C) pelvis;
The tongue then quickly retracts, which causes the water D) pelvis
to be drawn 3103 upward, it forms a column of liquid.
the cat closes its mouth around the column just before it
separates, thereby capturing the greatest volume of VISTA Offers New Perspectives
water.
In 2016, Dyson began her VISTA service at the
10 Forsyth Farmers’ Market in Savannah, 3143 Georgia,
A) NO CHANGE where, in exchange for a modest salary and benefits, she
B) upward, forming supports the organization in its mission of offering locally
C) upward forms produced food options to people in the Savannah area.
D) upward; forming

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A) NO CHANGE
B) Georgia; where,
C) Georgia, where:
D) Georgia; where
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VISTAs are typically not hired to offer direct services The Art of Translation
such as delivering 3153 food, rather they use their talents
on big-picture initiatives such as building the capacity Translators perform the extraordinary feat of
and improving the financial health of the organizations metamorphosing a piece of writing from one language to
that employ them. another. This act, as German 3193 philosopher Walter
Benjamin argued in his 1921 essay "The task of the
15 Translator," is an art form of its own.
A) NO CHANGE
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B) food, rather,
C) food; rather, A) NO CHANGE
D) food, rather: B) philosopher,Walter Benjamin
C) philosopher—Walter Benjamin
D) philosopher: Walter Benjamin

Dyson enthusiastically 3163 explains that: her role at the Dusting Off Family History
farmers’ market involves, “enhancing the organization’s
reach and visibility” as well as “increasing and Dash entered the completed Daughters of the Dust
diversifying financial and in-kind resources.” into film 3203 festivals. Where its popularity led to a
1992 theatrical debut that made her the first African
16 American woman filmmaker to have a theatrical release
A) NO CHANGE for a feature- length film.
B) explains that her role at the farmers’
market involves: 20
C) explains, that her role at the farmers’
A) NO CHANGE
market involves
B) festivals,
D) explains that her role at the farmers’
C) festivals, where
market involves
D) festivals; where

Where Do the Parthenon Sculptures Belong?

Curating the African American Experience
Elgin arrived with a permit from officials of the
Ottoman Empire, which then occupied 3173 Greece. The display features a wall engraved with
Granting him permission to make drawings and casts of quotations about 3213 freedom; including parts of the
the sculptures; the permit also allowed him to “take Declaration of Independence and of an 1808 sermon
away any pieces of stone with inscriptions or figures.” preached by African American minister Absalom Jones
upon the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
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B) Greece, granting
A) NO CHANGE
C) Greece, it granted B) freedom: including
D) Greece and granting C) freedom (including
D) freedom, including

This 3183 museums facility’s would also be capable of

housing the sculptures that are currently in Britain Deer On The Move
should they be returned.
Tall fences were constructed along 3.4 miles of
18 highway on either side of this tunnel to channel
A) NO CHANGE migrating deer into it. Several additional 3223
B) museum’s facilities underpasses, and another six miles of fencing were
C) museum facilities
constructed in 2008.
D) museums’ facility

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A) NO CHANGE
B) underpasses;
C) underpasses—
D) underpasses
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Johnson read through the works of hundreds of
3273 writers, his marking the passages he viewed as
Benjamin Banneker: Marking Tim exemplary.
A former teacher, however, encouraged Banneker to
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pursue his education independently and lent him the
A) NO CHANGE
books to do so. Banneker also studied the night 3233 sky, B) writers,
he charted how the migration of the stars relates to the C) writers, and
passage of time. D) writers by

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A) NO CHANGE
B) sky. Charting
C) sky, charting Johnson understood that he could not preserve his
D) sky, he also charte language—but he 3283 could—at the very least, try to
shape its future use. In that more modest goal he appears
to have succeeded: Johnson’s work stood as the definitive
Energy Storage Under Pressure English dictionary for well over a century, influencing
generations of English writers and readers.
Currently, only two power plants use 3243 CAES;
one in McIntosh, Alabama, and another in Huntorf, 28
Germany.
A) NO CHANGE
B) could, at the very least—
24 C) could, at the very least,
A) NO CHANGE D) could; at the very least
B) CAES. One
C) CAES: one
D) CAES, one:
Retailers Profit from Paying Well

However, in recent years, several retailers have

challenged this conventional wisdom, offering better-
First, huge underground cavities are possible only in than-average wages and 3293 benefits, and they have
certain types of land. Second, even where these done so, while keeping costs down and performing well
formations exist, reinforcing them and building the financially.
infrastructure for 3253 CAES, can cost upwards of $100
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million.
A) NO CHANGE
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C) benefits: and they have done so,
A) NO CHANGE D) benefits and they have done so,
B) CAES;
C) CAES
D) CAES—

When Professor Zeynep Ton at the Massachusetts

A Man of Many Words Institute of Technology compared two chains of
warehouse club 3303 stores—one with better-than-
The completed Dictionary of the English Language
average pay and benefits and another with lower
finally appeared in 3263 1755, its release was every bit
employee wages, she found that the average number of
the publishing event that the writer and his backers had
sales per employee at the higher-wage club store was
imagined.
double the number at the lower-wage club store.
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A) NO CHANGE
B) 1755, and A) NO CHANGE
B) stores,
C) 1755, as
C) stores:
D) 1755 with
D) stores;
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Answer Key
1. D 23. C
2. B 24. C
3. D 25. C
4. D 26. B

5. B 27. B
6. D 28. C
7. D 29. B
8. A 30. B

9. C
10. B
11. D
12. A
13. D
14. A
15. C
16. D
17. B

18. B
19. A
20. C
21. D
22. D