多选题The writer came to be labeled ______ because she isolated herself in her apartment, shunning outside contact.

多选题NASA engineer Gloria Yamauchi uses ______ approach to research, in that it draws on physics, aerodynamics, mathematics, and other fields.

多选题In the zany comedy series I Love Lucy , Lucille Ball"s exaggerated, clumsy antics displayed the comedian"s famous talent for ______.

多选题Because rap and hip-hop offer such ______ commentary on contemporary issues, they are often said to be sharp-edged musical genres.

多选题After winning the award, Phillip adopted a haughty pose, treating even his best friends in a ______ manner.

多选题 Directions: The next questions are based on the content of the following passage. Read the passage and then determine the best answer choice for each question. Base your choice on what this passage states directly or implies, not on any information you may have gained elsewhere. For each of Questions 7-10, select one answer choice unless otherwise instructed. Questions 7-10 are based on the following passage. With Meredith's The Egoist we enter into a critical problem that we have not yet before faced in these studies. That is the problemLine offered by a writer of recognizably impressive (5) stature, whose work is informed by a muscu- lar intelligence, whose language has splendor, whose "view of life" wins our respect, and yet for whom we are at best able to feel only a passive appreciation which amounts, prac- (10) tically, to indifference. We should be unjust to Meredith and to criticism if we should, giving in to the inertia of indifference, sim- ply avoid dealing with him and thus avoid the problem along with him. He does not (15) "speak to us," we might say; his meaning is not a "meaning for us"; he "leaves us cold." But do not the challenge and the excitement of the critical problem as such lie in that ambivalence of attitude which allows us to (20) recognize the intelligence and even the splendor of Meredith's work, while, at the same time, we experience a lack of sympathy, a failure of any enthusiasm of response?

多选题John Updike"s literary ______ was ______: it included novels, short stories, essays, poetry, criticism, children"s books, and more.

多选题The professor"s ______ lecture on American history served more to confuse the students than to clarify the difficult material.

多选题Myra laughed exuberantly and embraced her friends repeatedly, so ______ was she about having been selected.

多选题Compelled by powerful impulses to ______ her energies on myriad unworthy projects, Emilia nonetheless dazzled observers with the sheer magnitude of that ______.

多选题A model of ______ behavior, Cunningham never ate or drank to excess.

多选题In today's world, manufacturers' innovations are easily copied and thus differences between products are usually ______; advertisers, therefore, are forced to ______ these differences in order to suggest the uniqueness of their clients' products. A. crucial B. slight C. common D. downplay E. reduce F. exaggerate

多选题Jared has the habits of ______: he lives simply and donates most of his income to local charities.

多选题Francis learned that by ______ his anger and resentment, and so avoiding ______, he could overcome opponents more successfully than could those who openly defied their adversaries.

多选题Black Americans in Flight, a mural honoring several aviation pioneers, also ______ the 1992 spaceflight of astronaut Mae Jemison.

多选题Some deep-sea creatures discovered by marine biologists seem to ______ the imagination, so great is the ______ between these creatures and the more familiar marine organisms found in the shallower waters.

多选题Although Virginia Woolf was a central figure in London"s established literary scene, she nevertheless perceived herself as being ______.

多选题Manuel was so ______ that he would gladly spend months without more than perfunctory contact with other people.

多选题Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar"s recent book presents a ______ of detail, providing far more information than one can easily digest.

多选题The candidate responded to the ______ of campaigning by being ______ relieving the tedium with her wry sense of humor.