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5. A characteristic of the brown hyena is its unusually thick coat.

(1) persuasive
(2) distinguishing
(3) superstitious
(4) revolutionary

6. George Orwell's Animal Farm is a stinging of the Soviet Union's corruption of

socialist ideals.

(1) critique
(2) invasion
(3) phase
(4) notion

7. Designated a national landmark in 1969, The Plaza the most famous hotel in New

York City.

(1) is arguably
(2) was argumentative
(3) is an argument to
(4) argues for

8. After a long , Canadian singer Leonard Cohen staged a comeback in 2008.

(1) latitude
(2) predicament
(3) incentive
(4) hiatus

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. Katie Mulcahey was the only person fined for violating a short-lived 1908 New York

City ordinance that prohibited women from smoking in public.

(1) New York City's 1908 ban against women smoking in public was overturned shortly
after Katie Mulcahey was fined for violating the law.

(2) Katie Mulcahey was the first person – but not the last – to defy a New York City law
that made it illegal for women to smoke in public.

(3) In 1908, Katie Mulcahey was fined for protesting against a New York City
regulation barring women from smoking in public.

(4) During the brief time that New York City banned women from smoking in public,
just one person – Katie Mulcahey – was fined for breaking the law.

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