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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. Marine turtles rid their bodies of surplus salt in a process that resembles weeping.
(1) Marine turtles lose large amounts of salt when they weep.
(2) The only way a marine turtle can control the level of salt in its body is by weeping.
(3) Marine turtles shed salty tears in a process similar to that found in humans.
(4) As they eliminate excess salt from their bodies, marine turtles appear to be crying.
10. By 1597, Shakespeare had written at least a dozen plays.
(1) Twelve or more of Shakespeare's plays were written before 1597.
(2) Shakespeare wrote no less than a dozen plays – all of them by 1597.
(3) Shakespeare's twelve greatest plays were written before 1597.
(4) In 1597, Shakespeare wrote at least a dozen plays.
11. The north coast of the Netherlands is battered by the turbulent North Sea.
(1) The rough waters of the North Sea pound the north coast of the Netherlands.
(2) The Netherlands is bordered on the north by the frigid North Sea.
(3) The landscape of the North Sea coast dominates the northern Netherlands.
(4) The North Sea, which lies to the north of the Netherlands, is prone to storm surges.
12. Machiavelli's The Prince is one of the most reviled – and most studied – political
treatises in history.
(1) Few political works have been as closely examined or as harshly criticized as The
Prince.
(2) The Prince is admired by some for its political insights but dismissed completely by
others.
(3) Of all the political treatises ever written, Machiavelli's The Prince is perhaps the
greatest and the most difficult to understand.
(4) Machiavelli's The Prince has been studied and analyzed thoroughly in terms of both
its political message and its historical context.
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