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Restatements (Questions 9-12)

This part consists of several sentences, each followed by four possible ways of restating the
main idea of that sentence in different words. For each question, choose the one restatement
which best expresses the meaning of the original sentence.

9. The location of Mozart's grave is unknown.

(1) It is not clear when Mozart died.
(2) Nobody knows where Mozart is buried.
(3) Mozart's grave is hard to find.
(4) Only a few people have seen Mozart's grave.

10. The double-headed eagle on the Albanian flag was the symbol of the Byzantine Empire,

to which Albania used to belong.

(1) One of the eagles on Albania's flag represents Albania; the other symbolizes the
Byzantine Empire, to which the country at one time belonged.

(2) An eagle with two heads, which was the symbol of the Byzantine Empire, appears
on the flag of Albania, once part of that empire.

(3) While the flag of the Byzantine Empire had one eagle on it, that of Albania has two.
(4) When Albania was ruled by the Byzantine Empire, the symbol on its flag was a

double-headed eagle.

11. The Indian elephant is neither as big nor as fierce as the African elephant.

(1) The African elephant is bigger and fiercer than the Indian elephant.
(2) The Indian elephant, unlike the African elephant, is big and fierce.
(3) The African elephant and the Indian elephant are both big and fierce.
(4) The Indian elephant is not as big as the African elephant, but it is just as fierce.

12. Present-day literary scholars are no less critical of author James Fenimore Cooper's

awkward prose than was Mark Twain one hundred years ago.

(1) Present-day literary scholars are no less critical of awkward writing styles than were
James Fenimore Cooper and Mark Twain a century ago.

(2) One hundred years ago, literary scholars criticized Mark Twain for trying to imitate
James Fenimore Cooper's style.

(3) A century ago, Mark Twain found James Fenimore Cooper's writing as clumsy as
today's literary scholars do.

(4) James Fenimore Cooper was admired by Mark Twain and other authors a hundred
years ago, even though scholars ridiculed his writing.

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