Choose the one underlined word or phrase (A., B., C., or D.) that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.
1. Bitter feelings among the American colonists were caused of the Stamp Act of 1765, which
B
С
required that all legal documents bear stamps that were bought from the government.
А
D
D
2. Oil varnishes are made out hard gum or resin dissolved in oil, and they dry to a thin, hard, glossy
A
B
с
film.
3. In the early 1900s, investigations were made of the role played chromosomes, bodies discovered
A
B
to exist in the nucleus of all living cells.
C
D
4. Using carbolic acid as an antiseptic together with heat sterilization of instruments, Joseph Lister
A
B
С
dramatically decreased the number deaths following surgery.
D
5. Artificial selection, the selection of individuals that are best suited for a specific purpose, is
A
B C
common of plant and animal breeding.
D
6. The undersea mountains off the coast of Oregon resemble the Hawaiian Islands, which are
A
B
volcanoes that grew up the ocean floor to eventually break surface.
D
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Read this passage from “the fall of the house of usher.” which element of gothic literature is not obvious in this passage? as if in the superhuman energy of his utterance there had been found the potency of a spell, the huge antique panels to which the speaker pointed threw slowly back, upon the instant, their ponderous and ebony jaws. it was the work of the rushing gust—but then without those doors there did stand the lofty and enshrouded figure of the lady madeline of usher. there was blood upon her white robes, and the evidence of some bitter struggle upon every portion of her emaciated frame. for a moment she remained trembling and reeling to and fro upon the threshold—then, with a low moaning cry, fell heavily inward upon the person of her brother, and in her violent and now final death agonies, bore him to the floor a corpse, and a victim to the terrors he had anticipated. bleak or remote settings supernatural or otherworldly elements macabre or violent incidents strong language full of dangerous meaning