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1. In the current research program, new varieties of apple trees are evaluated under different agricultural ________ for tree size, bloom density, fruit size, ________ to various soils, and resistance to pests and disease. (A) circumstances ... proximity (B) regulations ... conformity (C) conditions ... adaptability (D) auspices ... susceptibility (E) configurations ... propensity 2. The Muses are ________ deities: they avenge themselves without mercy on those who weary of their charms. (A) rueful (B) ingenuous (C) solicitous (D) vindictive (E) dispassionate 3. Just as astrology was for centuries ________ faith, countering the strength of established churches, so today believing in astrology is an act of ________ the professional sciences. (A) an individual ... rebellion by (B) an accepted ... antagonism toward (C) an underground ... defiance against (D) a heretical ... support for (E) an unknown ... concern about 4. Scholars sense of the uniqueness of the central concept of the state at the time when political science became an academic field quite naturally led to striving for a correspondingly ________ mode of study. (A) thorough (B) distinctive (C) dependable (D) scientific (E) dynamic 5. A perennial goal in zoology is to infer function from ________, relating the ________ of an organism to its physical form and cellular organization. (A) age ... ancestry (B) classification ... appearance (C) size ... movement (D) structure ... behavior (E) location ... habitat 6. The ________ of mass literacy coincided with the first industrial revolution; in turn, the new expansion in literacy, as well as cheaper printing, helped to nurture the ________ of popular literature. (A) building ... mistrust (B) reappearance ... display (C) receipt ... source (D) selection ... influence (E) emergence ... rise 7. In the machinelike world of classical physics, the human intellect appears ________, since the mechanical nature o