Writing and Language Test 4

1. Question

Choose the best option for (1).

A. NO CHANGE
B. Gothic. Works
C. Gothic; these works
D. Gothic, works

2. Question

Choose the best option for (2).

A. NO CHANGE
B. Coolidge—
C. Coolidge;
D. Coolidge

3. Question

Choose the best option for (3).

A. NO CHANGE
B. portraying
C. portray
D. has portrayed

4. Question

(4) The writer wants to link the first paragraph with the ideas that follow. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?

A. NO CHANGE
B. with special attention being paid to domestic animals such as cats.
C. even though most paintings in museums are of people, not animals.
D. as the example of one museum in Russia shows.

5. Question

Choose the best option for (5).

A. NO CHANGE
B. scaring
C. scare
D. have scared

6. Question

To make this paragraph (6) most logical, sentence [5] should be placed

A. where it is now.
B. after sentence [1].
C. after sentence [3].
D. after sentence [6].

7. Question

Choose the best option for (7).

A. NO CHANGE
B. commissioned
C. forced
D. licensed

8. Question

Choose the best option for (8).

A. NO CHANGE
B. task, digital artist, Eldar Zakirov,
C. task digital artist Eldar Zakirov,
D. task, digital artist Eldar Zakirov,

9. Question

(9) Which choice most effectively sets up the examples that follow?

A. NO CHANGE
B. managing to capture unique characteristics of each cat.
C. commenting on the absurdity of dressing up cats in royal robes.
D. indicating that the cats were very talented mouse catchers.

10. Question

At this point (10), the writer is considering adding the following sentence.

The museum occupies six historic buildings, including the Winter Palace, a former residence of Russian emperors.

Should the writer make this addition here?

A. Yes, because it shows the link between Peter the Great and the cat paintings.
B. Yes, because it helps explain why Russian art celebrates animals.
C. No, because it fails to indicate why the Winter Palace became an art museum.
D. No, because it provides background information that is irrelevant to the paragraph.

11. Question

Choose the best option for (11).

A. NO CHANGE
B. acting as the lead predator in the museum’s ecosystem,
C. hunting down and killing all the mice and rats one by one,
D. protecting the museum’s priceless artworks from destructive rodents,