1. When making a chocolate torte, only the best
ingredients should be used.
a. only the best ingredients should be used.
b. you should use only the best ingredients.
c. the best ingredients only should be used.
d. one should have used only the best
ingredients.
e. using only the best ingredients is essential.

2. With her book Coming of Age in Samoa,
anthropologist Margaret Mead emphasized the
role of culture, rather than biology, in shaping
human behavior.
a. rather than biology, in shaping human
behavior.
b. rather than biology with shaping human
behavior.
c. somewhat better than biology to shape
human behavior.
d. in shaping human behavior, and not
biology.
e. in shaping human behavior over biology.

3. This was the fifth of the five speeches the
mayor gave during this the month of May.
a. This was the fifth of the five speeches the
mayor gave during this the month of May.
b. Of the five speeches the mayor gave during
May, this was the fifth one.
c. Thus far during the month of May, the
mayor gave five speeches and this was the
fifth.
d. This fifth speech of the mayor’s given
during the month of May was one of five
speeches.
e. This was the fifth speech the mayor has
given during the month of May.

4. An American poet of the nineteenth century,
Walt Whitman’s collection of poems, Leaves of
Grass, celebrates nature and individualism.
a. Walt Whitman’s collection of poems, Leaves
of Grass,
b. Leaves of Grass, a collection of poems by
Walt Whitman,
c. a collection of poems, Leaves of Grass, by
Walt Whitman,
d. Walt Whitman published poems, collected
as Leaves of Grass, that
e. Walt Whitman published a collection of
poems entitled Leaves of Grass, that

5. We loved our trip to the desert where you
could see the tall cactus, the blooming flowers,
and the little desert animals.
a. desert where you could see
b. desert; you could see
c. desert; where we saw
d. desert; we saw
e. desert in that you saw

6. Opposite in what many financial analysts had
predicted, the stock market rose by 22 points
this month.
a. Opposite in what many financial analysts
had predicted,
b. Contrary to the predictions of many
financial analysts,
c. As against the predictions of many
financial analysts,
d. Contrasting of many financial analysts’
predictions,
e. Contrary with what many financial
analysts predicted,