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| | A) | A romantic dance in three-quarter time, the waltz is where two people can glide across the floor in each other's arms. |
| | B) | A romantic dance in three-quarter time, the waltz is when two people can glide across the floor in each other's arms. |
| | C) | A romantic dance in three-quarter time, the waltz allows two people to glide across the floor in each other's arms. |
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| | A) | For two singers in Don Giovanni, an opera by Mozart, contains the famous duet "La ci darem la mano." |
| | B) | The opera Don Giovanni by Mozart contains the famous duet "La ci darem la mano." |
| | C) | "La ci darem la mano," from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni, is a duet, or a piece for two singers. |
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| | A) | A plague is often when a contagious disease reaches epidemic proportions. |
| | B) | Plague is the term often used for a disease that reaches epidemic proportions. |
| | C) | A plague is often where a disease reaches epidemic proportions. |
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| | A) | Because Napoleon failed to defeat the Russians in 1812 does not indicate that he was a poor general. |
| | B) | His failure to defeat the Russians in 1812 does not indicate that Napoleon was a poor general. |
| | C) | Napoleon did not defeat the Russians in 1812, but he was still a great general. |
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| | A) | Shock therapy is where electricity is used to treat a serious mental disorder. |
| | B) | Shock therapy is the use of electricity to treat a serious mental disorder. |
| | C) | Shock therapy is a method that uses electricity to treat a serious mental disorder. |
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| | A) | Just because Jose Greco is famous as a Latin dancer doesn't mean he wasn't a fine actor as well. |
| | B) | Although Jose Greco is famous as a Latin dancer, he should also be remembered as a fine actor. |
| | C) | Jose Greco is famous as a Latin dancer, but who was a fine actor as well. |
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| | A) | A republic is when the voters elect the head of state. |
| | B) | A republic is where the voters elect the head of state. |
| | C) | A republic is a nation in which the voters elect the head of state. |
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| | A) | A compromise between the far right and the far left would be the ideal candidate. |
| | B) | A candidate who was neither from the far right nor the far left would be ideal. |
| | C) | The ideal candidate is one who is neither from the far right nor the far left. |
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| | A) | Because the Iliad was composed in the eighth century BC makes it one of the world's oldest epic poems. |
| | B) | The Iliad was composed in the eighth century BC, making it one of the world's oldest epic poems. |
| | C) | Because the Iliad was composed in the eighth century BC, it is one of the world's oldest epic poems. |
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| | A) | When the soldiers marched across the potato fields destroyed much of the peasants' crop. |
| | B) | When the soldiers marched across the potato field, so they destroyed much of the peasants' crop. |
| | C) | Marching across the potato field, the soldiers destroyed much of the peasants' crop. |
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| | A) | When the Spanish came to the Americas, though they marvelled at the beauty of the Aztec cities, which they had not anticipated. |
| | B) | When the Spanish came to the Americas, they marvelled at the beauty of the Aztec cities, which they had not anticipated. |
| | C) | The Spanish, when they came to the Americas, marvelled at the beauty of the Aztec cities, which they did not anticipate. |
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| | A) | The reason I got in trouble is because I got caught red-handed. |
| | B) | I got in trouble because I got caught red-handed. |
| | C) | The reason I got in trouble is that I got caught red-handed. |
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