Imperial China

29. 29. The principal contrast employed by the author in the passage is between

• 29. (A) past and present

• 29. (B) wisdom and foolishness

• 29. (C) Imperial China and Europe

• 29. (D) civilization and barbarism

• 29. (E) technology and art

30. In paragraph two, which of the following rhetorical devices is most in evidence?

• (A) Appeals to authority

• (B) The massing of factual information

• (C) The use of abstract generalizations

• (D) Impressionistic descriptive writing

• (E) The use of anecdote

31. The primary rhetorical function of lines 14-22 is to

• (A) provide support for a thesis supplied in lines 1-2

• (B) provide evidence to contrast with that supplied in the first paragraph

• (C) present a thesis that will be challenged in paragraph three

• (D) introduce a series of generalizations that are supported in the last two paragraphs

• (E) anticipate objections raised by the ideas presented in lines 12-14

32. Lines 14-17 contain which of the following?

• (A) Elaborate metaphor

• (B) Parallel syntax

• (C) A single periodic sentence

• (D) A compound subject

• (E) Subordinate clauses

33. In the last sentence of paragraph 2 (lines 18-22), which of the following words is parallel in function to “inventor’’ (line 18)? (line 20)

• (A) “clock’’ (line 19)

• (B) “one’’ (line 19)

• (C) “creator’’

• (D) “art’’ (line 21)

• (E) “Europe’s’’ (line 22)

34. In line 28, “bearing’’ modifies

• (A) “Imperial China’’ (line 26)

• (B) “strangers’’ (line 27)

• (C) “primitive islands’’ (line 27)

• (D) “riches’’ (line 28)

• (E) “Middle Kingdom’’ (line 28)

35. The point of view expressed in “They . . . men’’ (lines 29-33) is that of

• (A) the author

• (B) present-day historians

• (C) eighteenth-century British merchants

• (D) eighteenth-century Chinese

• (E) present-day Chinese

36. The word “importunate’’ (line 35) is reinforced by the author’s later reference to

• (A) “prohibitions to foreign entry’’ (line 37)

• (B) “formal relations’’ (lines 37-38)

• (C) “knocking on its doors’’ (line 40)

• (D) “the ritual of three genuflections’’ (lines 41-42)

• (E) “empty-handed’’ (line 45)

37. Which of the following best describes the first sentence of paragraph 4 (lines 34-35)?

• (A) The author’s interpretation of China’s situation in the late eighteenth century

• (B) An objective summary of eighteenth-century Europe’s view of China

• (C) A challenge to the opinions in paragraph 3

• (D) A restatement of the ideas in paragraph 2

• (E) A conclusion rebutted by information in paragraph 4

38. Which of the following characteristics of Imperial China or Britain is most emphasized in paragraph 4?

• (A) Britain’s adaptability to foreign customs

• (B) Imperial China’s aloof and insular attitude toward Europeans

• (C) Imperial China’s wisdom in relying on tradition and ceremony

• (D) Britain’s desperate need for foreign trade

• (E) The splendor of the Imperial Chinese court