TAILIEUCHUNG - – THE GRE VERBAL SECTION – 6. b. 7. c. 8. e. 9. b. 10. a. 11. c. 12. c. 13. b. Groups

– THE GRE VERBAL SECTION – 6. b. 7. c. 8. e. 9. b. 10. a. 11. c. 12. c. 13. b. Groups can be variously defined and may vary in size, but it is safe to say that no social group includes all of humankind. The author repeatedly refers to truth in relation to geometrical propositions. See, for example, lines 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, and 18. The author (Albert Einstein) is laying the groundwork for an argument that the principles of geometry are only apparently true. To answer this question, you have to find the antecedent of it. First, you discover that it refers to. | THE GRE VERBAL SECTION Groups can be variously defined and may vary in size but it is safe to say that no social group includes all of humankind. 6. b. The author repeatedly refers to truth in rela- tion to geometrical propositions. See for example lines 3 6 7 8 10 12 13 and 18. The author Albert Einstein is laying the groundwork for an argument that the principles of geometry are only apparently true. 7. c. To answer this question you have to find the antecedent of it. First you discover that it refers to the last question. Then you must trace back to realize that the last question itself refers to the truth of the axioms in the previous sentence. 8. e. This question deals with the same two sen- tences as the previous question and adds the previous sentence. Lines 3-8 contain the statements that argue that the truth of the propositions depends on the truth of the axioms. 9. b. The sentence that begins on line 12 and goes through line 16 is the one that contains the assertion about pure geometry. 10. a. To answer this question correctly you must tie together the first sentence of the passage and the series of sentences that begin on line 18. 11. c. This assertion is contained in the first sen- tence of the passage and further supported in the second sentence. 12. c. Lines 3-8 contain the sentences that set up and support the discussion of the exclusion of foreigners from office. 13. b. The answer to this question requires you to extrapolate from the author s opening two sentences stating that the first constitution was written in response to the necessities of trade among the provinces. The prefix inter more clearly denotes interaction among the provinces than does the prefix intra which has a connotation of internal interaction. 14. e. Lines 9-11 state that the exclusion of foreign- ers continued after unification. 15. d. The choice of d as the correct answer as opposed to c requires you to know the mean ing of the word vagaries which connotes capriciousness and .

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