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45CHAPTER 14 / PRACTICE PSAT 4
481
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Babbitt spoke
well—and often—at these
B
As it is used in line 4, the word “nervous”
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orgies of commercial righteousness about the
most nearly means
“realtor’s function as a seer of the future
1
development of the community, and as a
(A) willful
prophetic engineer clearing the pathway for
(B) irrelevant
50
inevitable
changes”—which meant that a real-
(C) happy
estate broker could make money by guessing
(D) irritating
which way the town would grow. This guessing
(E) hopeful
he called Vision.
In an address at the Boosters’ Club he had
55
admitted, “It is at once the duty
and the
B
The “six ordinary shrubs” in lines 25–26 are
18
privilege of the realtor to know everything
mentioned in order to emphasize
about his own city and its environs. Where
(A) the
dreary
nature
of
the
Zenith
a surgeon is a specialist on every vein and
landscape
mysterious cell of the human body, and the
(B) the poor planning skills of speculative
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engineer upon
electricity in all its phases, or
builders
every bolt of some great bridge majestically
(C) the isolation of Babbitt from his
arching o’er a mighty flood, the realtor must
coworkers
know his city, inch by inch, and all its faults and
(D) the laziness of the local landscapers
virtues.”
(E) Babbitt’s limited range of knowledge
65
Though he did know the market-price, inch
by inch, of certain districts of Zenith, he did not
know whether the police force was too large or
B
The “good advertisement” mentioned in line
19
too small, or whether it was in alliance with
30 is best described as
gambling and prostitution. He knew the means
70
of fire-proofing buildings
and the relation of
(A) positive stories in the press
insurance-rates to fire-proofing, but he did not
(B) moralistic language
know how many firemen there were in the city,
(C) detailed plans for development
how they were trained and paid, or how
(D) contributions of money to charities
complete their apparatus. He sang eloquently
(E) large monetary profits
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the
advantages of proximity of school-buildings
to rentable homes, but he did not know—he did
not know that it was worth while to know—
B
To Babbitt, to be “impractical” (line 41) is to
20
whether the city schoolrooms were properly
(A) forgo an easy profit
heated, lighted, ventilated, furnished; he did
(B) violate an established law
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not know how the
teachers were chosen; and
(C) make an unwise investment
though he chanted “One of the boasts of Zenith
(D) act disrespectfully toward a client
is that we pay our teachers adequately,” that
(E) fail to study the information that is
was because he had read the statement in the
helpful to one’s business
Advocate-Times. Himself, he could not have
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given the average salary
of teachers in Zenith or
anywhere else.
B
The “orgies of commercial righteousness”
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mentioned in line 46 are best typified by
(A) “advertisement-writing” mentioned in
line 3
B
The first paragraph characterizes Babbit’s
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(B) “getting money out of tenants” men-
work life as
tioned in lines 7 –8
(C) “landscape gardening” mentioned in
(A) inconsistent
line 24
(B) pleasant
(D) “Annual Banquets” mentioned in line 31
(C) hectic
(E) “gambling and prostitution” mentioned
(D) profitable
in line 69
(E) high-minded
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