Reassessing Antonio Machado’s Place in the Generation of '98

The Most Repeated Questions in DSAT (P2) 1- When discussing literary movements in Spain, scholars regularly characterize the works of Antonio Machado as especially representative of the Generation of '98. The reasons for this characterization may seem …………………… but linking Machado with the Generation of '98 risks disregarding the subtleties in his style that do not neatly conform to the conventions of this literary movement. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? a) b) c) d) Incongruous Irrefutable Pretentious Provocative 2- From sculptures like Agora by Magdalena Abakanowiez, found at Grant Park, to street art like Justus Roe's mural Standing Wave on South State Street, Chicago offers an array of works to ………………………. the tastes of art lovers. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? a. b. c. d. Mitigate Satiate venerate supplant 3- Whether the reign of a French monarch such as Louis III or Louis VI was considered historically significant or; conversely, …………… relatively its trajectory was shaped by questions of legitimacy and therefore cannot be understood without a corollary understanding of the factors that allowed the monarch to assert a claim to the throne successfully. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? a) b) c) d) inconsequential momentous benevolent genuine 4- mosque that can accommodate approximately 30.000 people at once, The Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, is a massive making it an …………… sight to behold. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? a) b) c) d) Illusory Idealized Intricate Imposing 5- Although the government of the Soviet Union attempted to ............................ Georgi Vladimov's novel Faithful kustan, copies of the Dook circulate in secret among readers in several parts or the country. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? a. b. c. d. Replicate Import suppress critique 6- Wenheng Zhang and colleagues have explored how convergent evolution— a phenomenon that occurs when the same trait evolves independently in two reproductively separate lineages- can result from a genetic mechanism shared by both lineages. Meanwhile, Kohtaro Tanaka and colleagues have investigated how convergence occurs through different genetic mechanisms, but the relative prevalence of convergence through shared and different genetic processes is still poorly understood. This motivated biologists Delbert A. Green II and Cassandra G. Extavour to evaluate both types of convergence in a single study for their 2012 paper. Which choice best states the main purpose of the text? a. To situate Green and Extavour's study in the context of their field b. To summarize Green and Extavour's criticism of the study by Zhang and colleagues c. To suggest that Green and Extavour's conclusions would be more persuasive if they incorporated findings from the studies by Zhang and colleagues and Tanaka and colleagues d. To argue that Green and Extavour's study revealed a previously unrecognized issue that evolutionary biologists need to address 7- The 2021 novel My Heart Is a Chainsaw confirmed that Stephen Graham Jones is one of the most talented writers of horror fiction today. By featuring main characters who are Blackfeet, like Jones himself, the novel also helped to ensure that Indigenous people have a place within the horror genre. But Jones is hardly the only Indigenous voice in horror: Lisa Fuller, a member of the Murri people of Australia, has also written in the genre. Her acclaimed 2019 young adult novel Ghost Bird is set in a Murri community Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence? a) It predicts that non-Indigenous authors will include more indigenous characters in their work. b) It challenges the widely held view that Stephen Graham Jones based my heart is a Chainasaw in his own life. c) It highlights the significance of the portrayal of Indigenous people in My Heart Is a Chainsaw. d) It asks why so many readers who don't enjoy the horror genre have purchased My Heart Is a Chainsaw. 8- Researchers César A. Hidalgo, Elisa Castañer, and Andres Sevtsuk created a computer model to predict the mix of gyms, car washes, and other businesses found in a given neighborhood. How we define a neighborhood and its boundaries is subjective, so the team used a clustering algorithm to locate dense groupings of amenities that represent human-identified neighborhoods like Boston's Central Square. The predictive model, which incorporates this algorithm, is sure to be invaluable in determining the optimal mix of a city's amenities. According to the text, why did the team employ a clustering algorithm? a) The algorithm gave them an objective way to identify neighborhoods. b) The algorithm could predict which types of businesses would be successful in a given neighborhood. c) The algorithm provided insight into how customers are made aware of new gyms and car washes. d) The algorithm could be used to evaluate the reasons for a business's closing. 9- Horizontal gene transfer involves the exchange of genetic material between organisms not in a parent off-spring relationship. It’s common among prokarvotes (single-celled organisms, such as the bacteria Enterococcus cecorum and Moraxella caviae). The process can have the effect of increasing bacterial resistance to antibiotics; as such, an understanding of how to prevent horizontal gene transfer might result in the mitigation of dangerous pathogens (organisms that cause disease). Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole? abcd- It suggests that a commonly held belief regarding an organism is mistaken. It summarizes the history of research into a biological phenomenon. It illustrates why one organism may pose more of a threat than another. It explains a practical benefit of researching a particular biological process. 10- "Poetry" is a 1919 poem by Marianne Moore. The poem highlights an ambivalence toward poetry as the speaker acknowledges its merits while also expressing a sense of displeasure, writing ………….. Which quotation from "Poetry" most effectively illustrates the text? a) "nor is it valid / to discriminate against business documents and / schoolbooks; all these phenomena are important." b) "One must make a distinction / however: when dragged into prominence by half poets, the result is not / poetry" c) "when [poems) become so derivative as to become unintelligible, the / same thing may be said for all of us—that we / do not admire what / we cannot understand." d) "Reading (poetryl, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers that there is in / it after all, a place for the genuine." 11- Historians point to the rule of the Piast dynasty as crucial to the formation of the Polish state. However, some differentiate between members of the dynasty like Wladyslaw I Herman, who ruled as duke from 1079 to 1102 CE and less welldocumented figures like Lestek, who is said to have ruled in the 9th and 10th centuries but whose historical actuality is disputed. Lestek appears in the Gesta principum Polonorum, a chronicle of medieval Polish history written between 1112 and 1118. However, the chronicle's documentation of Lestek relies on oral tradition, unlike its records of later rulers. According to the text, what is a difference between how historians view Lestek and how they view Wladyslaw I Herman?