Intrigued by the new rules that favored quickness over strength, the decision of the coach
A. the decision of the coach was to give more playing time to the team's smaller athletes
B. the coach decided to give the team's smaller athletes more playing time
C. it was decided by the coach to give the team's smaller athletes more playing time
D. the team's smaller athletes were given more playing time by the coach
E. more playing time was given to the team's smaller athletes by the coach
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According to the passage, which of the following was true of the creators of superhero comic books in the postwar years?
A. They sought to head off the censorship of the Comics Code Authority by voluntarily prohibiting stories dealing with sexuality, drugs, or criminal behavior.
B. They introduced characters such as Superman and The Spirit.
C. They unintentionally laid the groundwork for the transition from the Golden Age of comic books to the Silver Age.
D. They focused increasingly on flashy artwork and less on well-developed stories.
E. They responded to the competitive pressure from horror comic books by increasing the amount of violence in their stories.
In what light does the passage depict the efforts by Fredric Wertham to bring about regulation of the comic book industry?
As a fanatical crusade brought about by Wertham's inner demons
B. As a witch-hunt roughly analogous to the concurrent anti-Communist hearings by the House Committee on Un-American Activities
C. As a reasonable response to an industry that had gone too far
D. As an angry response to a trend in the subject matter of the comic book industry
E. As an inappropriate response to a phenomenon that was not actually hurting anyone
As automobiles replaced horses as the primary means of transportation, it was widely anticipated that the time spent in transit by the average traveler would decrease.
As automobiles replaced horses as the primary means of transportation, it was widely anticipated that
B. Insofar as automobiles replaced horses as the primary means of transportation, it was anticipated widely
C. With horses being replaced by automobiles as the primary means of transportation, there was wide anticipation that
D. As the primary means of transportation replaced horses with automobiles, many anticipated that
E. Automobiles replacing horses as the primary means of transportation produced anticipation widely that
The relationship of an athlete who does not use performance-enhancing drugs to an athlete
A. The relationship of a farmer selling milk from cows that have been given bovine growth hormone, a legal drug that promotes greater than normal milk production, to a farmer selling milk from cows that have not been given bovine growth hormone
B. The relationship of a chess player to a competitor who uses psychological tricks in order to gain an advantage
C. The relationship of a boxer in the lightweight class to a boxer in the heavyweight class
D. The relationship of a person taking a standardized test according to the rules to a person taking the same test while using an illegal hidden calculator
E. The relationship of a person entering a pig in an agricultural contest to a person entering a guinea pig in the same contest