Choose the sentence that best expresses the implied main idea of the paragraph below. Working at home is convenient and flexible and can be less stressful than daily commuting. It can benefit employers (who need less space), employees (who save on clothing and transportation), and entrepreneurs (who save on office expenses). However, it is not for everyone: it requires enough initiative, independence, and self-confidence to work without supervision. Some home workers feel isolated or have trouble concentrating in the presence of such distractions as television, the refrigerator, and young children. Also, employees who work at home may lose fringe benefits, such as health insurance, and the protection of laws guaranteeing fair labor standards and working conditions.

Choose the sentence that best expresses the implied main idea of the paragraph below. When Attila the Hun and his barbarian hordes swept across northern Italy in about 430 CE., they wrought havoc and destruction on the remnants of the Roman Empire. But they unintentionally left another, more positive legacy as well. Refugees fled burning cities, desperate to find safe refuge. Some literally took to the swamps, finding sanctuary in a desolate group of islands in a marshy lagoon off the northern Adriatic. When the Huns were followed by other invading tribes, more Roman citizens streamed to the swamps to avoid the carnage and destruction on the mainland. Over the next few centuries, they transformed the inhospitable surroundings into an architectural wonder: Venice. With more than four hundred bridges and almost two hundred canals, the city on the lagoon became a center of trade and a seafaring power. By the 1200s, Venice was the most prosperous city in all of Europe. Today it remains one of the most beautiful (and most visited) cities in the world.

Choose the sentence that best expresses the implied main idea of the paragraph below. In 1818, British author Mary Shelley wrote what was probably the world’s first science- fiction novel, Frankenstein. In the novel, scientist Victor Frankenstein sets out to create a man by piecing together the remains of corpses gathered in charnel houses. While his efforts prove successful, Victor is revolted by the ugliness of the man he has created and abandons it. Enraged by his creator’s abandonment, the creature becomes a killer and wreaks havoc upon all those Victor holds dear. Victor goes in pursuit of his creation, and both eventually die in the barren wastes near the North Pole. In 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson published The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In this story, a mild- mannered London physician, bored with his life, creates a potion that when swallowed frees his evil twin, Edward Hyde. A living embodiment of Jekyll’s repressed desires, Hyde runs wild, kills a member of Parliament, becomes a fugitive, and eventually destroys both himself and his creator. More recently, American author Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park tells what happens when modern scientists clone dinosaurs using the DNA found in the remains of prehistoric mosquitoes. Predictably enough, the dinosaurs run out of control, killing the organizers of the theme park which was to “safely” display them, while two paleontologists are among those who narrowly escape with their lives.

Choose the sentence that best expresses the implied main idea of the paragraph below. Far from being America’s favorite food, during the early 1900s, hamburgers were considered “food for the poor.” Restaurants generally didn’t sell them. Burgers were served at lunch carts parked near factories, at circuses, and at carnivals. It was widely believed that ground beef was made from rotten old meat full of chemical preservatives. In the mid- 1920s, however, a man named Walt Anderson set out to defend the hamburger from its many critics. Walt loved burgers and opened a small restaurant devoted to selling them—the first White Castle—in Wichita, Kansas. Walt grilled the burgers right in front of his customers, so they could see for themselves that the meat and the equipment were clean. He also supported an unusual experiment at the University of Minnesota. For thirteen weeks, a medical student there consumed nothing but White Castle hamburgers and water. When the student not only survived the experiment but also seemed pretty healthy, people started to view hamburgers in a new light—as wholesome, not deadly.

Choose the sentence that best expresses the implied main idea of the paragraph below. T-shirts can function as trophies (as proof of participation in sports or travel) or as self- proclaimed labels of belonging to a cultural category (“Super Bowl LII Attendee,” “Retired”). T-shirts can also be used as a means of self-expression, which may provide wearers with the additional benefit of serving as a “topic” to initiate social dialogue with others. However, although we might expect that a Las Vegas T-shirt would be worn by a person who has been to Las Vegas (or has received it as a gift from someone else who has visited Las Vegas), this is not necessarily so. In such a world of “virtual identities,” consumers can now just buy a Las Vegas T-shirt at a local retailer and create the impression that they have been there.

After France surrendered in 1940, a puppet regime was set up; we call this ____________

To legally discriminate against Jews, Germany used what code? 

What was the German war plan designed prior to World War One? 

Which of President Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points was realized? 

Who replaced Chamberlain as Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1940?