Verbal This passage is adapted from material published in 2001. Frederick Douglass was unquestionably the most famous African American of the nineteenth century; indeed, when he died in 1895 he was among the most distinguished public figures in the United States. In his study of Douglass’ career...

Math Line M is y = 3x + 10. Line N is 2y = 5x- 6. Line P has a y-intercept of 6, and the point (6, 4) lies on line P. Quantity A Quantity B The measure of the largest angle created by the intersection of line M and line...

Verbal What causes a helix in nature to appear with either a dextral (right-handed, or clockwise) twist or a sinistral (left-handed, or counterclockwise) twist is one of the most intriguing puzzles in the science of form. Most spiral-shaped snail species are predominantly dextral. But at one...

Math Suppose x1 = 2 x , x2 = , y1 = 200, and y2 = 400. and x2 represent the value of x in years 1 and 2, respectively, and y1 and y2 represent the value of y in years 1 and 2, respectively. Quantity A Quantity B The percent...

Verbal The name of the Sloane Matthew Library has long been ________; even longtime city residents assume it is a run-of-the-mill library, never suspecting what art treasures it contains. Blank i a) revered b) proposed c) misleading d) elevated e) intriguing     Correct Answer - C - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question...

Math Quantity A  Quantity B 3/8 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. Correct Answer - B  - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion & Explanation GRE Question of the Day - Click to...

Verbal The remarkable thing about the mayoral race, in retrospect, is that so many people wanted the job of managing a municipality so obviously about to _______. A) materialize B) disintegrate C) crumble D) prosper E) flourish F) scuffle     Correct Answer - B and C - (click and drag your mouse to see the answer) Question Discussion...

Math The greatest of the 21 positive integers in a certain list is 16. The median of the 21 integers is 10. What is the least possible average (arithmetic mean) of the 21 integers? A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7 E) 8 Correct Answer - C  - (click and drag your mouse to...

Verbal Most recent work on the history of leisure in Europe has been based on the central hypothesis of a fundamental discontinuity between preindustrial and industrial soci-eties. According to this view, the modern idea of leisure did not exist in medieval and early modern Europe: the...

Math Each year, the members of a book club select novels and nonfiction books to read. The club meets 3 times to discuss each novel and 5 times to discuss each nonfiction book they select. Last year, the club met 52 times and discussed 12 books....