(A) revived.. empirical

    (B) germinated.. unfounded

    (C) endured.. irrelevant

    (D) erupted.. reasonable

    (E) proliferated.. substantiated

    2. Even though many persons in the audience jeered the star throughout the play, she ---- curtain calls.

    (A) refused all

    (B) adored some

    (C) delayed several

    (D) appeared for

    (E) balked at

    3. The most technologically advanced societies have been responsible for the greatest ----; indeed, savagery seems to be in direct proportion to ----.

    (A) wars.. viciousness

    (B) catastrophes.. ill-will

    (C) atrocities.. development

    (D) inventions.. know-how

    (E) triumphs.. civilization

    4. The combination of ------and ------ in Edmund's speech can be starting, especially when he slyly slips in some juicy vulgarity amid the mellifluous circumlocutions of a gentleman of the old school.

    (A) tact.. innocence

    (B) raciness.. ribaldry

    (C) piousness.. modesty

    (D) elegance.. earthiness

    (E) propriety.. bashfulness

    5. For many young people during the Roaring Twenties, a disgust with the excesses of American culture ---- a wanderlust to provoke an exodus abroad.

    (A) stymied

    (B) overwhelmed

    (C) reflected

    (D) combined with

    (E) conflicted with