多选题The most objectionable passages in the novel were ______ at the insistence of the censors.

多选题Efforts are finally being made to ______ the traffic congestion that plagues the downtown area.

多选题Some recent historians have argued that life in the British colonies in America from approximately 1763 to 1789 was marked by internal conflicts among colonists. {{U}}Inheritors of some of the viewpoints of early twentieth-century Progressive historians such as Beard and Becker, these recent historians have put forward arguments that deserve evaluation.{{/U}} The kind of conflict most emphasized by these historians is class conflict. Yet with the Revolutionary War dominating these years, how does one distinguish class conflict within that larger conflict? Certainly not by the side a person supported. The author most likely refers to "historians such as Beard and Becker" in order to: A. isolate the two historians whose work is most representative of the viewpoints of Progressive historians. B. emphasize the need to find connections between recent historical writing and the work of earlier historians. C. make a case for the importance of the views of the Progressive historians concerning eighteenth-century American life. D. suggest that Progressive historians were the first to discover the particular internal conflicts in eighteenth-century American life mentioned in the passage. E. point out historians whose views of history anticipated some of the views of the recent historians mentioned in the passage.

多选题The serious purpose of the paper-airplane flying contest, which attracted many novel and sometimes truly ______ entries, was to determine whether any ______ aerodynamic designs could be discovered.

多选题The beauty of Mount McKinley is usually cloaked: clouds ______ the summit nine days out of ten.

多选题After several months of training, the ______ young spaniel was finally ______ enough to be walked safely without a leash.

多选题The ______ of the scientist"s rebuttal of the hypothesis was startling even in the notoriously ______ world of nineteenth-century geology.

多选题Since establishing the Children"s Defense Fund in 1973, Marian Wright Edelman has been an ______ advocate, steadfast and constant.

多选题The ______ nature of the virus allows it to continually change its form and thus go undetected by the body"s immune system.

多选题The medicine does have a salutary effect by ______ pain, even if recent studies prove that it cannot eliminate such discomfort entirely.

多选题Doctors initially feared that antibiotics would have ______ effect, destroying healthy tissue as well as harmful bacteria.

多选题The more definitions a given noun has, the more valuable is each one. Multiple definitions, each subtly different from all the others, convey multiple shades of meaning. They expand the uses of the word. In the context in which it appears, "shades" most nearly means A. reminders. B. nuances. C. obscurities. D. coverings. E. degrees.

多选题Considering how long she had yearned to see Italy, her first reaction was curiously ______. A. meditative B. tepid C. categorical D. unoriginal E. insightful F. lukewarm

多选题Professor Williams disdained tradition: she regularly attacked cherished beliefs and institutions, earning a reputation as ______.

多选题For many years, Benjamin Quarles' seminal account of the participation of African Americans in the American Revolution has remained the standard work in the field. According to Quarles, the outcome of this conflict was mixed for African American slaves who enlisted in Britain's fight against its rebellious American colonies in return for the promise of freedom: the British treacherously resold many into slavery in the West Indies, while others obtained freedom in Canada and Africa. Building on Quarles' analysis of the latter group, Sylvia Frey studied the former slaves who emigrated to British colonies in Canada. {{U}}According to Frey, these refugees—the most successful of the African American Revolutionary War participants{{/U}}—viewed themselves as the ideological heirs of the American Revolution. Frey sees this inheritances reflected in their demands for the same rights that the American revolutionaries had demanded from the British: land ownership, limits to arbitrary authority and burdensome taxes, and freedom of religion. According to the passage, which of the following is true about the African American Revolutionary War participants who settled in Canada after the American Revolution? A. Although they were politically unaligned with either side, they identified more with British ideology than with American ideology. B. While they were not immediately betrayed by the British, they ultimately suffered the same fate as did African American Revolutionary War participants who were resold into slavery in the West Indies. C. They settled in Canada rather than in Africa because of the greater religious freedom available in Canada. D. They were more politically active than were African American Revolutionary War participants who settled in Africa. E. They were more successful than were African American Revolutionary War participants who settled Africa.

多选题As the name suggests, a geochronologist is a scientist who ______ terrestrial materials in order to ______ them.

多选题Juan is ______ examining his own feelings and motives: he cannot tolerate ______.

多选题We realized that John was still young and impressionable, but were nevertheless surprised at his ______. A. naivete B. obstinateness C. decisiveness D. ingeniousness E. resolve

多选题In 2008, Muslims in the United States were the religious group most evenly ______ the political spectrum: 29 percent liberal, 38 percent moderate, 25 percent conservative.

多选题Kate"s impulsive nature and sudden whims led her friends to label her ______.