SpecialClass - Quiz #3

Before authenticating the manuscript, the archivists placed it under ultraviolet light. They compared ink pigmentation, fiber texture, and marginal notes with other verified texts. Only after this exhaustive process did they feel prepared to thoroughly ______ the document’s origins.

• scrutinize
• neglect
• skim
• disregard

When Galileo proposed that the Earth revolved around the Sun, church officials did not merely disagree; they chose to ______ his evidence altogether, treating astronomical data as irrelevant to theology.

• discount
• corroborate
• validate
• endorse

Ethologists noted that the harmless king snake develops banding patterns remarkably similar to those of the venomous coral snake. This adaptation allows it to ______ a predator’s expectations, securing protection through deception.

• mimic
• contradict
• diverge from
• abandon

Historians often point out that the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was not the sole cause of World War I. Instead, it acted as a crucial ______, accelerating preexisting tensions into an uncontrollable conflict

• catalyst
• deterrent
• barrier
• restraint

In drafting the peace treaty, negotiators insisted on including a special clause: a narrowly worded ______ that allowed nations to mobilize troops if borders were threatened, even during peacetime.

• provision
• omission
• oversight
• gap

Although derided by his peers, the philosopher continued to publicly ______ for universal suffrage, arguing that the stability of the republic depended on every citizen’s right to vote.

• advocate
• advocate
• resist
• obstruct

Rather than engaging with the scientific merits of the theory, detractors chose to ______ the scientist’s character, portraying him as arrogant and untrustworthy to weaken his influence.

• denigrate
• exalt
• commend
• honor

In court, the defendant’s silence was presented as guilt, though legal scholars argued that to ______ such silence as confession violated fundamental principles of justice.

• misconstrue
• clarify
• elucidate
• deny

The treaty had been signed under clear coercion, rendering it legally void. International lawyers agreed that any attempt to enforce it would effectively ______ principles of sovereignty.

• nullify
• authorize
• sustain
• preserve

The mathematician urged her students to eliminate all ______ variables from the equation, warning that irrelevant data would distort the clarity of the proof.

• extraneous
• essential
• integral
• intrinsic