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Question 1

In sets A and B shown, I < v < y < z. Which of the following statement is about .1 and H must be true?
Indicate all such statements.

A. The average (arithmetic mean) of the numbers in A is equal to the average of the numbers in B.
B. The median of the numbers in A is equal to the median of the numbers in B.
C. The range of the numbers in A is greater than the range of the numbers in B.

Question 2

Scholars generally estimate subscribers to Freedom s Journal (1827-1829), the United States" first African American newspaper, at around 800. based on subscriptions to the Rights of AIL an African American newspaper founded in 1829 as a successor to Freedom s Journal by a former editor of that newspaper. But Gross argues that many more than 800 readers probably subscribed to Freedom s Journal because many of its subscribers, dissatisfied with the direction ultimately taken by the paper, refused to subscribe to the Rights of All. In any case, the figure of 800 subscribers would make the circulation of Freedom s Journal close to that of other weekly papers of the time Its number of readers, however, would have been much larger: copies were often shared. and African American organizations subscribed to Freedom s Journal, providing nonsubscribers access to the paper African American organizations' subscriptions to Freedom s Journal are mentioned in the passage primarily in order to.

A. identify the primary subscribers to both Freedom s Journal and The Rights of All
B. illustrate why the readership numbers for Freedom s Journal should be distinguished from the subscription numbers
C. cite a factor that casts doubt on most scholars assumptions about the number of subscribers to Freedom
$ Journal
D. help account for a possible difference between the number of subscribers to Freedom s Journal and to The Rights of All.
E. dispute Gross's claim about the probable number of readers of Freedom S Journal

Question 3

When Flemish painter Anthony Van Dyck moved to England in 1632 to become court painter to Charles The introduced an entirely new way of representing dress in portraiture. In women's portraits. he left off fashionable accessories, depicted subjects in unbuttoned sleeves and collars, and added lavish drapery and jewels. For the first time an artist actively participated in dressing his subjects, creating an amalgam of fantasy and reality. While Van Dyck was most innovative when representing women, he used similar elements in portraits of men.
Van Dyck's Portrait of Thomas Killigrew and Willian. Lord Crofts (1638) demonstrates how the artist relaxed and unbuttoned men's dress to accord with an underlying theme. The double portrait may be seen as an essay in grief: Killigrew. a poet and playwright, had lost his wife Cecelia to the plague shortly before the sitting, and Crofts was her nephew. The painting contains clear references to the situation at hand. The background features a broken column, a traditional emblem of earthly transience. A drawing in Killigrew's right hand depicts two Itinerary monuments. Crofts holds a blank sheet of paper, seen by some scholars as an analog to the drawing Killigrew holds: a symbol of what is gone.
At historians have interpreted the clothing depicted in this portrait, particularly Crofts' doublet which is worn unbuttoned in back, as an allusion to the subjects' grief-stricken distraction. It is true that Killigrew's dress includes references to his loss-he wears a cross inscribed with his wife's initials. There is an intimate nature to this painting, which seems underscored by the loose clothing worn by both subjects. However, diis reading of the costumes as signs of grief does not take account of seventeenth-century fashion conventions. Only Killigrew appears in noticeably disheveled attire; Crofts" dress would be quite appropriate for a formal portrait. Though black clothing, such as that won by Crofil, was common for mourning, it was also ordinary on other occasions. Furthermore, during the first stage of mounting no shiny surfaces, such as Crofts' satin doublet, would be permitted. The unbuttoned slit on Crofts" doublet was probably a matter of style: a French courtier in a 1635 fashion print by Bosse. who is gallivanting rather than grieving, wears a similarly undone doublet. Evidence suggests that by the late 1630s a certain calculated looseness was conventional in men's formal dress. Ribeiro. for example, cites the writings of moralists objecting to this style.
Killigrew's attire, though even looser than Crofts", should not necessarily be associated with grief. Other seventeenth-century subjects depicted in melancholic states do not dress this way. Although Killigrew's
"undress" lends this portrait a distinctive intimacy, it might also refer to Killigrew's literary career. Many of Van Dyck's other subjects who engaged in literary pursuits are depicted in loose clothing. The blank sheet held by Crofts may be a reminder not only of Killigrew's loss but also of his solace: he had but to express his grief in writing.
The author of the passage suggests that if the cited "art historians" had taken account of seventeenth-century fashion, they would have been more likely to

A. conclude that the doublet worn bv Crofts in the Portrait is not made of satin
B. recognize that the clothing worn by the subjects in the Portrait contributes to an atmosphere of intimacy in the painting
C. recognize the extent to which Van Dyck"s approach to portraiture represented a departure from the practices of other artists
D. be able to distinguish between the significance of the unbuttoned doublet depicted in the Portrait and that of the one depicted in a fashion print by Bosse
E. recognize that Crofts* manner of dress in the Pom-ait was appropriate for a formal portrait

Question 4

Exhibit.

A. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
B. The two quantities are equal.
C. Quantity B is greater.
D. Quantity A is greater.

Question 5

Chloe spent a total of x dollars last August on clothes, transportation, and college textbooks. She spent 23 percent of the total on college textbooks, of which 13 percent was spent on her college mathematics textbook.
Chloe spent a total of $450 on the college textbooks that were not her college mathematics textbook. Which of the following is closest to the value of x ?

A. 2,000
B. 2,250
C. 1250
D. 1,500
E. 1.750

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