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| | A) | "Show me your friends," my grandfather used to say, "and I'll tell you what I think of you." |
| | B) | "Show me your friends", my grandfather used to say, "and I'll tell you what I think of you." |
| | C) | "Show me your friends," my grandfather used to say, "and I'll tell you what I think of you". |
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| | A) | In her review of the film "Mississippi Burning," Pauline Kael wrote, Alan Parker likes to operate in a wildly dramatic universe of his own creation. |
| | B) | In her review of the film Mississippi Burning, Pauline Kael wrote, "Alan Parker likes to operate in a wildly dramatic universe of his own creation." |
| | C) | In her review of the film Mississippi Burning, Pauline Kael wrote, "Alan Parker likes to operate in a wildly dramatic universe of his own creation". |
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| | A) | "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary" is the first line of Poe's poem "The Raven". |
| | B) | 'Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary' is the first line of Poe's poem "The Raven." |
| | C) | "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary" is the first line of Poe's poem "The Raven." |
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| | A) | One of the most famous newspaper headlines is '38 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police.' |
| | B) | One of the most famous newspaper headlines is "38 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police". |
| | C) | One of the most famous newspaper headlines is "38 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police." |
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| | A) | On the topic of effort, P.D. James wrote, "God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest". |
| | B) | On the topic of effort, P.D. James wrote, 'God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.' |
| | C) | On the topic of effort, P.D. James wrote, "God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest." |
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| | A) | In his inaugural address, John F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country". |
| | B) | In his inaugural address, John F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." |
| | C) | In his inaugural address, John F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. |
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| | A) | Joan said, "I could swear it was Mary Queen of Scots who proclaimed, In my end is my beginning." |
| | B) | Joan said, "I could swear it was Mary Queen of Scots who proclaimed, 'In my end is my beginning.'" |
| | C) | Joan said, "I could swear it was Mary Queen of Scots who proclaimed, 'In my end is my beginning'." |
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| | A) | You may prefer the Beatles' song "Yesterday", but "Let It Be" is my favourite. |
| | B) | You may prefer the Beatles' song "Yesterday," but "Let It Be" is my favourite. |
| | C) | You may prefer the Beatles' song 'Yesterday,' but 'Let It Be' is my favourite. |
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| | A) | In his lecture on dreams and mythology, Joseph Campbell wrote, "Dream is the personalized myth, myth the depersonalized dream." |
| | B) | In his lecture on dreams and mythology, Joseph Campbell wrote, 'Dream is the personalized myth, myth the depersonalized dream.' |
| | C) | In his lecture on dreams and mythology, Joseph Campbell wrote, "Dream is the personalized myth, myth the depersonalized dream". |
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| | A) | "There is no taking trout with dry breeches," said Miguel de Cervantes when defining effort. |
| | B) | "There is no taking trout with dry breeches", said Miguel de Cervantes when defining effort. |
| | C) | There is no taking trout with dry breeches, said Miguel de Cervantes when defining effort. |
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| | A) | "You can hear the physicist Stephen Hawking's voice on the Pink Floyd song 'Keep Talking'," said Rebecca. |
| | B) | "You can hear the physicist Stephen Hawking's voice on the Pink Floyd song 'Keep Talking,'" said Rebecca. |
| | C) | "You can hear the physicist Stephen Hawking's voice on the Pink Floyd song 'Keep Talking'", said Rebecca. |
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| | A) | For your essay on "Meso-American cultures," please consider the article "City of the Gods." |
| | B) | For your essay on Meso-American cultures, please consider the article City of the Gods. |
| | C) | For your essay on Meso-American cultures, please consider the article "City of the Gods." |
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| | A) | George said, "I was so shocked to hear Mrs. Edwards say, 'Let's tango beneath the moonlight' that I stepped on my prom date's foot." |
| | B) | George said, "I was so shocked to hear Mrs. Edwards say, Let's tango beneath the moonlight that I stepped on my prom date's foot." |
| | C) | George said, "I was so shocked to hear Mrs. Edwards say, 'Let's tango beneath the moonlight' that I stepped on my prom date's foot". |
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| | A) | My friend Tom Jansen nervously read the newspaper headline, Floods Force Dutch to Flee as Battered Dikes Begin to Fail. |
| | B) | My friend Tom Jansen nervously read the newspaper headline, "Floods Force Dutch to Flee as Battered Dikes Begin to Fail." |
| | C) | My friend Tom Jansen nervously read the newspaper headline, 'Floods Force Dutch to Flee as Battered Dikes Begin to Fail.' |
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| | A) | My English teacher said, "Yogi Berra was grammatically incorrect when he said, 'It ain't over 'til it's over', but he surely was right." |
| | B) | My English teacher said, "Yogi Berra was grammatically incorrect when he said, It ain't over 'til it's over," but he surely was right. |
| | C) | My English teacher said, "Yogi Berra was grammatically incorrect when he said, 'It ain't over 'til it's over,' but he surely was right." |
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| | A) | Perhaps the most famous of all "Star Trek" episodes is 'The City on the Edge of Forever,' which starred Joan Collins as a visionary social worker. |
| | B) | Perhaps the most famous of all "Star Trek" episodes is The City on the Edge of Forever, which starred Joan Collins as a visionary social worker. |
| | C) | Perhaps the most famous of all Star Trek episodes is "The City on the Edge of Forever," which starred Joan Collins as a visionary social worker. |
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| | A) | Dan Quayle Was Right, by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, appeared in the magazine The Atlantic Monthly in 1993. |
| | B) | "Dan Quayle Was Right," by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, appeared in the magazine The Atlantic Monthly in 1993. |
| | C) | Dan Quayle Was Right, by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, appeared in the magazine "The Atlantic Monthly" in 1993. |
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| | A) | The words "discrete" and "discreet" are homonyms: they sound the same but have different meanings. |
| | B) | The words 'discrete' and 'discreet' are homonyms: they sound the same but have different meanings. |
| | C) | The words discrete and discreet are homonyms: they sound the same but have different meanings. |
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| | A) | Most "Americans" don't realize that the words "under God" were not added to U.S. currency until the 1950s. |
| | B) | Most Americans don't realize that the words under God were not added to U.S. currency until the 1950s |
| | C) | Most Americans don't realize that the words "under God" were not added to U.S. currency until the 1950s. |
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