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Restatements (Questions 9-12)

This part consists of several sentences, each followed by four possible ways of restating the
main idea of that sentence in different words. For each question, choose the one restatement
which best expresses the meaning of the original sentence.

9. Karl Marx, an opinionated and arrogant man, had many admirers but few friends.

(1) While many people admired Karl Marx, who had strong opinions and was not at all
modest, he did not have many friends.

(2) Karl Marx's friends generally admired him but thought that he was too outspoken
and conceited.

(3) Karl Marx was respected by many people, who admired him both for his ideas and
for his self-assurance.

(4) Although Karl Marx was a bitter, intolerant person, few of his friends and admirers
were bothered by this.

10. The incidence of traffic accidents involving young drivers increases in direct proportion

to the number of passengers in the car.

(1) The incidence of traffic accidents increases in direct proportion to the ages of the
drivers involved.

(2) Young drivers are more likely to be involved in serious accidents if they are alone in
the car.

(3) The more people in the car with a young driver, the higher the likelihood of an
accident occurring.

(4) Passengers in a car are more likely to be injured in a traffic accident if the driver is
young.

11. Americans tend to overestimate the role of individualism in their country's economic

past.

(1) Individualism played a great role in America's economic past, despite what many
Americans may think.

(2) In the past, Americans considered individualism more important to their country's
economy than they do today.

(3) Americans now believe that the individualism which once affected their country's
economy no longer exists.

(4) Americans often think that individualism played a greater role in the economic past
of their country than it actually did.

12. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. (Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2)

(1) A ruler has many worries.
(2) Not all leaders inherit their titles.
(3) Royalty is not always worthy of the crown.
(4) Great monarchs are often reluctant leaders.

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