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In the canon of North African literature, Moroccan author Driss Chraibi's 1954 novel The Simple Past (Le Passe simple), looms large. A coming-of-age story, a social meditation, and a sober gaze into the dark maw of French colonialism, ________ interrogates systemic power with memorable intensity.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Difficulty: Hard
A:
Morocco gained its independence two years before the publication of Chraibi's debut novel, which
B:
Chraibi's debut novel, published two years before Morocco gained its independence,
C:
Chraibi wrote a debut novel that, published two years before Morocco gained its independence,
D:
published two years before Morocco gained its independence, Chraibi wrote a debut novel that
When writing The Other Black Girl (2021), novelist Zakiya Dallia Harris drew on her own experiences working at a publishing office. The award-winning book is Harris's first novel, but her writing ________ honored before. At the age of twelve, she entered a contest to have a story published in American Girl magazine--and won.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Difficulty: Easy
A:
were
B:
have been
C:
has been
D:
are
The forty-seven geothermal springs of Arkansas' Hot Springs National Park are sourced via a process known as natural groundwater recharge, in which rainwater percolates downward through the earth--in this case, the porous rocks of the hills around Hot ________ collect in a subterranean basin
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Difficulty: Medium
A:
Springs to
B:
Springs: to
C:
Springs--to
D:
Springs, to
In 1959, the film industry debuted Smell-O-Vision, a technology in which theaters were fitted with specialized vents that emitted odors at specific points in a ________ as the scent of roses when roses appeared in a scene. Smell-O-Vision failed to impress, however, with one reviewer declaring it "briefly weird and not very interesting."
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Difficulty: Easy
A:
movie such
B:
movie; such
C:
movie. Such
D:
movie, such
In winter, the diets of Japanese macaques, also known as snow monkeys, are influenced more by food availability than by food preference. Although the monkeys prefer to eat vegetation and land-dwelling invertebrates, those food sources may become unavailable because of extensive snow and ice cover, ________ the monkeys to hunt for marine animals in any streams that have not frozen over.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Difficulty: Easy
A:
forces
B:
to force
C:
forcing
D:
forced
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