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
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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
According to the final paragraph of the passage, what may we infer about the comic book companies of the Silver Age?
A. They were able to create popular comic books despite the regulations of the Comics Code Authority.
B. They achieved commercial success because of the popularity of characters such as Spider-Man, the Hulk, and the Fantastic Four.
C. They repeated the same mistakes as the comic book companies of the Golden Age.
D. They failed to succeed because of the numbing effect of the Comics Code Authority regulations.
E. Marvel Comics was the only major comic book company to survive from the Golden Age into the Silver Age.
The police chief argued that first-time offenders who have no high school diploma but who
A. who have no high school diploma but who have families with a record of crime
B. without a high school diploma and families having a criminal record
C. without a high school diploma whose families have a record of crime
D. whose families have criminal records and lacking high school diplomas
E. lacking high school diplomas and also having families having criminal records