Although its publicity has been ___ , the film itself is intelligent, well-acted, handsomely produced, and altogether ___.

Which answer choice most effectively fills in the blank spaces

The following passage is adapted from Bram Stoker's 1897 Dracula. Harker is the husband of Mina, a dying woman, who seeks supplication.

Harker smiled, actually smiled, the dark, bitter smile of

one who is without hope, but at the same time his action belied his words, for

his hands instinctively sought the hilt of the great Kukri knife and rested there.

Which answer choice most effectively illustrates the meaning of the underlined word?

Glass doors and dividers can also be used to replace solid walls as a means ____ distributing natural light more freely.

What does the word “antipathy” mean?

The following excerpt is adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Oval Portrait.

Loving and cherishing all things, hating only the Art which was her rival, dreading only the pallet and brushes and other untoward instruments which deprived her of the countenance of her lover, ________

This passage is adapted from The Fall of the House of Usher, a short story by Edgar Allan Poe.

There could be no doubt. This time I did hear a distant sound, very much like the cry of the animal in the story. I tried to control myself so that my friend would see nothing of what I felt. I was not certain that he had heard the sound, although he had clearly changed in some way. He had slowly moved his chair so that I could not see him well. ______, I did see that his lips were moving as if he were speaking to himself.

This passage is adapted from Marcus Aurelius' Meditations

Is it not a cruel thing to forbid men to affect those things which they conceive to agree best with their own natures and to tend most to their own proper good and behoof? But thou after a sort deniest them this liberty, as often as thou art angry with them for their sins. For surely they are led unto those sins whatsoever they be, as to their proper good and commodity—pursuing what they believe will bring them the most benefit.

As discussed in this passage, what does affect most nearly mean?

The average adult human brain only weighs about 3 pounds yet it accounts for roughly 20% of the body’s energy consumption.

The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919, which moved faster than one would expect,_ killed 21 people and injured 150.

In recommending Bao Phi’s collection Sông I Sing, a librarian noted that pieces by the spoken-word poet don’t lose their ______ nature when printed: the language has the same pleasant musical quality on the page as it does when performed by Phi.

As a young photographer in the 1950s, William Klein ______ the conventions of photography by creating images that were high contrast and included blurred and distorted elements—features generally seen as flaws. So unorthodox was Klein’s work that he had difficulty finding a publisher for his now-iconic 1956 photo book Life is Good & Good for You in New York.