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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. Sundials were the most common timekeeping devices until the introduction of accurate

clocks in the eighteenth century.

(1) Using clocks or sundials was the most common way of keeping time until the
eighteenth century.

(2) In the eighteenth century, clocks were generally considered to be less accurate
devices for keeping time than were sundials.

(3) Although accurate clocks were invented in the eighteenth century, using sundials
remained a popular method of keeping time.

(4) Before the eighteenth century, when accurate clocks were invented, sundials were
the most commonly used instruments for keeping time.

10. Never was the United States more prosperous than during the 1950s and 1960s.

(1) In the United States, the 1950s and 1960s were a period of unusual optimism.
(2) During the 1950s and 1960s, there were more wealthy people in the United States

than anywhere else.
(3) The economy of the United States was stronger in the 1950s and 1960s than at any

other time.
(4) Never did the population of the United States grow more rapidly than during the

1950s and 1960s.

11. There is still controversy concerning the chronology of T.S. Eliot's final poems.

(1) Debate continues about the order in which T.S. Eliot composed his last poems.
(2) Of all T.S. Eliot's poems, the last ones he wrote remain the most controversial.
(3) There are still questions regarding the interpretation of T.S. Eliot's final poems.
(4) T.S. Eliot was concerned that his final poems would be considered too

controversial.

12. Norwegian painters of the twentieth century excelled at murals to an extent rivalled only

by their Mexican counterparts.

(1) In the twentieth century, there was great rivalry between Norwegian and Mexican
mural painters.

(2) In the twentieth century, the only artists whose murals could equal those of Mexican
painters were Norwegians.

(3) Only in the twentieth century did mural painting become as popular in Norway as it
was in Mexico.

(4) The best Norwegian artists of the twentieth century learned the art of mural painting
from their Mexican counterparts.

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