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Question #3 below is composed of two parts:

1.	Hypothetically: if one mythological goose and one-half can lay a golden egg and one-half in a day and one-half, how many golden eggs can three identical geese lay in three days? (A) 1.5 (B) 3.0 (C) 4.0 (D) 4.5 (E) 6.0
2.	First, Einstein chooses a number. Second, he increases it by 62.5%. Third, he increases the result by 62.5%, and finally, he decreases that result by 62.5%. Which of the following is the largest? (A) first number (B) second number (C) third number (D) final number (E) none of the above
3.	The seats in an auditorium are arranged in 15 rows. After the first row, each row has one more seat than the row immediately in front of it. If the last row has 26 seats, how many seats are in row 8? (A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) 18 (E) 19
	In question #3 above, how many seats are in row 8 in a 285-seat auditorium? (A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) 18 (E) 19
4.	Which of the folllowing is/are correct? The subject of an English sentence is NEVER: (A) in the nominative case (B) singular when the verb is plural (C) plural when the verb is singular (D) in a prepositional phrase (E) the antecedent of a pronoun in the sentence

Directions:Based on what is stated or implied in the passage,
click the answer to question 5.

	Words are indispensable but also can be fatal - the only begetters of all civilization, all angelic goodness, and the only begetters
5.	at the same time of all superstition, all collective madness and stupidity, all worse-than-bestial diabolism, all the dismal, historical succession
10.	of crimes in the name of God, King, Nation, Party, Dogma. Never before, thanks to the techniques of mass communication, have so many
15.	listeners been so completely at the mercy of so few speakers. Never have misused words - those hideously efficient tools of all tyrants, war-mongers,
20.	persecutors, and heresy hunters- been so widely and disastrously

	influential as they are today. Generals, politicians, clergymen, advertisers, and rulers of
25.	totalitarian states - all have good reasons for disliking the idea of universal education in the rational use of the language. To the military, government,
30.	clerical, propagandist, and authoritarian mind such training seems (and rightfully seems) profoundly subversive.

5. The author will most likely go on to discuss:

(A)	education and language acquisition
(B)	decodification of linguistic symbols
(C)	symbolic language and communication
(D)	the codification of reality through language
(E)	propaganda and mass communication

Directions: GRE question number 6 below consists of one quantity in Column A and one quantity in Column B. Compare the two quantities and choose:

(A) if the quantity in Column A is greater;
(B) if the quantity in Column B is greater;
(C) if the quantities in Column A and Column B are equal;
(D) if more information is needed to draw any conclusion.

Column A	Column B

Let k be an integer > 0

the number of distinct arrangements of k knights seated at a round table

the number of distinct arrangements of k keys on a circular key ring

The back-to-back 1994-95 NBA world-champion Houston Rockets had five starters that ranged in height from 6-feet-2-inch Kenny Smith to 6-feet-11-inch Hakeem Olajuwan. Which of the following could NOT be the average height of basketballs champion Rockets?

I. 6 feet 3 inches
II. 6 feet 7 inches
III. 6 feet 8 inches

(A) I. only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and II only
(E) II and III only

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

Directions: Use one set of given answer choices to solve two parts (9a and 9b); first, by completing the two blanks with

9a: only . . . only ,

and then, by completing the blanks with

9b: singular . . . singular

Construct

nouns with exactly half of L number of letters in the (ABC's). Each noun has at least N letters. Construct

verbs with the remaining letters in the (ABC's). Each verb has at least V letters. If exactly 11.2% of the letters in the (ABC's) remain unconstructed, how many nouns could you construct?

9a.

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E) Cannot be determined from the given data.

9b.

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E) Cannot be determined from the given data.

Questions 10-12 are based on the following Logic Game : 8 minutes
A legion of linguists claim to be able to determine human geographic origins by conducting a phonetic examination of non-phonemic utterances. As indicated by the following conditions, they assert that some sounds have a greater index than others.

A "grunt" is comparable to a "cough" and an "implosion."

A laugh is akin to a "grunt," an oops and an "implosion."

An "implosion" is the equivalent of three "ahhhs."

Three "grunts" match exactly one "laugh."

An "ahhh" is the same as a "cough."

10.

If the above are true, which one of the following groups of utterances are arranged from greatest to least index?
(A) "laugh," "grunt," "oops," "ahhh," "cough"
(B) "laugh," "implosion," "grunt," "oops," "cough"
(C) "laugh," "oops," "implosion," "grunt," "cough"
(D) "laugh," "oops," "grunt," "implosion," "cough"
(E) "laugh," "implosion," "oops," "grunt," "cough"

11.

If the above are true, an implosion is exactly half of
(A) a "laugh" minus an "oops"
(B) an implosion and a "grunt" combined
(C) a "cough" and an "oops" combined
(D) an "implosion," an "ahhh" and a "cough" combined.
(E) an "ahhh," an "oops" and a "cough" combined

12.

If a "sigh" is added as an utterance that is exactly 25% of an "ahhh," how many "sighs" would be required to equal twice the combined index value of an "oops" and an "implosion?"
(A) 96
(B) 84
(C) 72
(D) 64
(E) 48

GRE Questions 13-14 below are based on the following stimulus. Click only the one BEST answer to each question.

A psychiatric investigator divided thirty-four child abusers into two distinct groups: one group of sporadic abusers and the other group of chronic abusers, based on each person's documented record of felony convictions for this illicit behavior. A significantly larger percentage of the chronic-abuser group demonstrated a higher level of anxiety than that demonstrated by the sporadic-abuser group. Published in the Journal of Medicine, a report by the investigator claimed that it was chronic abuse that resulted in higher anxiety.

13.

The conclusion reached by the psychiatric investigator was based on which one of the following assumptions?

(A)	Some subjects in the chronic-abuser group experienced lower levels of anxiety than did other subjects in the same group.
(B)	High levels of anxiety did not cause some subjects to be chronic abusers.
(C)	Some subjects in the sporadic-abuser group experienced no anxiety.
(D)	High levels of anxiety during episodes of abuse caused some to restrict their abusive behavior.
(E)	High levels of anxiety caused some subjects to be chronic abusers.

14.

Which one of the above answer choices, if true, most seriously weakens the investigator's conclusion?

(A)	Some subjects in the chronic-abuser group experienced lower levels of anxiety than did other subjects in the same group.
(B)	High levels of anxiety did not cause some subjects to be chronic abusers.
(C)	Some subjects in the sporadic-abuser group experienced no anxiety.
(D)	High levels of anxiety during episodes of abuse caused some to restrict their abusive behavior.
(E)	High levels of anxiety caused some subjects to be chronic abusers.