Since 1813 reaction to Jane Austen’s novels has oscillated between_______ and condescension; but in general later writers have esteemed her works more highly than did most of her literary_______

(A) dismissal..admirers
(B) adoration..contemporaries
(C) disapproval..readers
(D) indifference..followers
(E) approbation. .precursors

Sponsors of the bill were _________________ because there was no opposition to it within the legislature until after the -measure had been signed into law.

(A) unreliable
(B) well-intentioned
(C) persistent
(D) relieved
(E) detained

It is _____________ for a government to fail to do whatever it can to eliminate a totally __________________ disease.

(A) folly… innocuous
(B) irresponsible… preventable
(C) crucial… fatal
(D) instinctive..devastating
(E) detrimental..insignificant

A dictatorship ———- its citizen to be docile and find it expedient to make outcasts of those who do not ———-.

(A) Expects —– Rebel
(B) Expects —– Disobey
(C) Requires —– Conform
(D) Allows —— Withdraw
(E) Forbids —– Agree

Many educators argue that a ———- grouping of students would improve instructions because it would limit the range of student abilities in the classroom.

(A) Heterogeneous
(B) systematic
(C) Homogeneous
(D) Sporadic
(E) Fragmentary

Are we two becomes mere ———- watching the panorama without personal involvement, our senses dulled, out capacity to ———- undeveloped?

(A) Captives —– Submit
(B) Imitators —– Observes
(C) Bystanders —– Act
(D) Entertainers —– Relax
(D) Disciples —– Assist