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• which principle do modern democracies share with ancient athens? a. all people deserve equal rights. b. there should be no taxation without representation. c. people should vote on all matters that concern them. d. people should have a voice in government.
  
• which of the following descriptions best states how oceans and land absorb the sun's energy differently? a. land retains absorbed heat longer than oceans do. b. land absorbs the sun's energy slowly, while oceans absorb it more quickly. c. land only absorbs radiation that is not harmful to humans. d. land reflects more of the sun's energy, while oceans absorb it slowly and retain it longer.
  
• a girl is shown at position a on a swing when the seat is directly below the support bar. the seat is then at height a as shown by a grey arrow and grey line. when she swings up and to the right to position b when the seat is at height b as shown by a grey arrow and grey line. at which position, a or b, is the potential energy of the swing the greatest? as the swing moves from point b to point a, which form of energy is increasing, kinetic or potential?
  
• those tests were constructed around items like fill-in-the-blank sentence completion, such as “even though tom was ______, mary thought he was _____.” and the correct answer always seemed to be the most bland combinations of thoughts, for example, “even though tom was foolish, mary thought he was ridiculous.” well, according to my mother, there were very few limitations as to what tom could have been and what mary might have thought of him. so i never did well on tests like that. what can be inferred from the excerpt? tan believes that achievement tests should include a wider variety of fill-in-the-blank questions. tan believes that achievement tests should be constructed by published authors of fiction. tan believes that achievement tests give inadequate measurements of language ability. tan believes that achievement tests give inflated measurements of language ability.
  
• which is the graph of a quadratic equation that has a negative discriminant? on a coordinate plane, a parabola opens down. it goes through (negative 4, negative 4), has a vertex at (negative 2, 0), and goes through (0, negative 4). on a coordinate plane, a parabola opens down. it goes through (negative 4, negative 4), has a vertex at (negative 2, 0), and goes through (0, negative 4). on a coordinate plane, a parabola opens up. it goes through (negative 4, 4), has a vertex at (negative 2, 0), and goes through (0, 4). on a coordinate plane, a parabola opens up. it goes through (negative 4, 8), has a vertex at (negative 2, 4), and goes through (0, 8).
  
• which of the following types of credits would best describes home equity loans? a. closed and secured b. closed and unsecured c. open and secured d. open and unsecured
  
• a flashlight uses four batteries to power it. which type of current flows inside the flashlight? a. direct b. alternating c. repeating d. pulsating
  
• read the excerpt from act iii of the importance of being earnest. [gwendolen and cecily are at the window, looking out into the garden.] gwendolen. the fact that they did not follow us at once into the house, as any one else would have done, seems to me to show that they have some sense of shame left. cecily. they have been eating muffins. that looks like repentance. what do you learn about gwendolen and cecily from this excerpt?
  
• _____________ was a very early use of photography. while this was traditionally used by rulers and the wealthy, photography made this type of art less expensive.
  
• roberta's monthly bank statement says that she has a balance of 386.29, but roberta's check register says that her balance is 370.77. which of the following are still outstanding? i. a $78.17 check to the electric company ii. a $16.15 deposit from roberta's roommate iii. a $22.67 check to the grocery store iv. a $62.65 deposit from roberta's tax return a. i and ii b. ii and iii c. ii and iv d. i and iv please select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d