Section 1 · Practice
120 questions · 24 units
- Humanities and social sciencesThe generous archiveThe new archive promised to give the town its past back. Its director disliked the old reading room, where a visitor had to ask a clerk…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesMendingShe kept the coat after the winter left, its elbows shining like a handled stone. I offered her a new one, light and warm; she thanked…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesAn open meetingCartoon described in text. A hall contains a raised platform with five identical empty chairs and microphones. A banner above it reads…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesThe quiet hourA library introduced a designated quiet hour. A volunteer invited every departing visitor on two Tuesday afternoons to answer a short…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesThe translated letterFor the exhibition I translated my father's letters. In the language in which he wrote, the word I rendered as “home” could mean the…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesWho owns the square?Paired viewpoints. Mara: The square was empty most evenings until traders began paying for stalls. The rent now pays for cleaning and…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesAt the farewell dinnerWhen Tomas announced that he was leaving the company, we made speeches about his courage. He smiled as if courage were a gift we had…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesThe tide markAt low tide we could cross by counting stones. My brother knew the numbers; I knew where the green ones gave beneath a hurried foot. He…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesAn allocation rulePolicy exercise. A town has 100 study-room hours to divide between neighbourhoods East and West. East has 100 applicants and West has…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesThe inherited pianoDramatic scene. LEAH: You said we should sell it. Now that I have found a buyer, you say the room will be empty. SIMON: I said we could…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesReviewing the unfinished portraitArts review. The portrait exhibition has been praised for its honesty because the painter leaves patches of canvas bare. This is a…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesThe happiness dashboardCartoon described in text. Three panels depict a workplace. In panel one, a manager asks a seated worker, “On a scale of one to five,…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesAfter the apologyExchange in an ethics seminar. Ada: Forgiveness loses something essential when it is offered only after an offender has become the sort…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesWatching the nesting birdsField notebook. On the first morning I wrote that the smaller bird was timid. It waited on the wall while the larger one took food from…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesChange across generationsIn Year 1, researchers asked independent samples whether a town should preserve an old factory rather than replace it with housing.…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesAfter the performanceThe actor leaves his anger on a chair, a red coat folded with the lining out. The stagehand waits to sweep the painted snow; it will not…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesTwo letters from the millHistorical documents and editorial note. Letter A, written by the mill owner to a cousin after a stoppage: “The men returned on Monday…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesThe prize and the weatherAt the annual race, a sudden gust carried the leading runner's hat into the face of the runner behind her. She won by a step. The rules…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesInventoryWe were told to list what we would keep. The clock, my brother said, because it worked. I chose the chipped blue bowl because it didn't.…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesSoftening the newsI interpret for patients at a city hospital. Mrs Adeyemi is eighty-three and has been told, through me, that her kidneys are failing.…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesFive starsEvery purchase now ends with a request to rate it. The request presents itself as a courtesy: your opinion matters. But a five-point…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesThe departmentA large office is filled with stacks of paper that reach the ceiling. At the only clear desk sits a man in a neat suit, beneath a sign…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesWho cares for whomA national survey asked adults how many hours of unpaid care they gave in a typical week to a relative or friend who was ill, disabled…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesOn forgettingA. "A memory kept whole is a room no one can live in; we forget so that the house has space." B. "To forgive is not to forget. It is to…5 questions