Verbal X-ray examination of a recently discovered painting—judged by some authorities to be a self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh—revealed an underimage of a woman’s face. Either van Gogh or another painter covered the first painting with the portrait now seen on the surface of the canvas....

Math For all positive numbers p, the operation ♠ is defined by   Quantity A Quantity B A) Quantity A is greater. B) Quantity B is greater. C) The two quantities are equal. D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given. Question Discussion & Explanation Correct Answer – A – (click and drag your mouse to see the...

Math Question Discussion & Explanation If there were 38 child safety organizations and the funds contributed to these organizations in September 1989 were evenly distributed, how much did each charity receive? A) $12,000,000 B) $9,400,000 C) $2,500,000 D) $250,000 E) $38,000 Correct Answer – D – (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) From September...

Verbal Woolf ____________ conventional notions of truth: in her words, one cannot receive from any lecture “a nugget of pure truth” to wrap up between the pages of one’s notebook and keep on the mantelpiece forever. A. anticipates B. articulates C. makes light of D. mocks E. pays heed to F. puts...

Math N is a 2-digit integer. When the digits of N are reversed, the resulting number is M. If the sum of N’s digits is 15, and -1 < N – M < 15, what is the value of N? Question Discussion & Explanation Correct Answer – 87 – (click and...

Verbal The brief survey, published under the title The Work of Nature: How the Diversity of Life Sustains Us, is surprisingly (i)________. Indeed it makes several longer treatments of the effects of lost biodiversity seem (ii)________. Blank (i) Blank (ii) distorted redundant objective pithy comprehensive premature Question Discussion & Explanation   Correct Answer – C and D – (click and...

Math Perpendicular lines m and n intersect at point (a, b), where a > b > 0. The slope of line m is between 0 and 1. Which of the following statements MUST be true ? Indicate all such statements. A. The x-intercept of line m is positive. B. The y-intercept...

Math  In City X, the range of the daily low temperatures during June 2012 was 20° Fahrenheit, and the range of the daily low temperatures during July 2012 was 25° Fahrenheit. Quantity A Quantity B The range of the daily low temperatures in City X for the two-month period...

Verbal The evolution of intelligence among early large mammals of the grasslands was due in great measure to the interaction between two ecologically synchronized groups of these animals, the hunting carnivores and the herbivores that they hunted. The interaction resulting from the differences between predator and...

Math  The perimeter of square S is 40. Square T is inscribed in square S. What is the least possible area of square T ? A) 45 B) 48 C) 49 D) 50 E) 52 Question Discussion & Explanation Correct Answer – D – (click and drag your mouse to see the answer)