Many of the books and journals of the late nineteenth century were mediocre because ________
A. many new readers were only marginally literate
B. many authors were only marginally proficient
C. reading tastes changed frequently
D. publishing companies lacked adequate financing
Answer: A
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In the aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion, Cixi
a. refused to make any reforms. b. immediately embraced a democratic revolution. c. established a commission in 1905 to study constitutional changes. d. was executed. e. abdicated.
In his public speaking class, Allen was very annoyed by Melissa's overuse of "ers" and "ums" when she was talking. In this scenario, Melissa's continued use of _____ led to Allen's dismay
A) proxemics B) vocal distractors C) territorial markers D) vocal characterizers E) haptics
The term "Old Regime" has come to refer to the __________.
A. gradual transition of Europe's monarchies to that of democracies and republics B. economic policies that existed across Europe before the eighteenth-century Industrial Revolution C. social, political, and economic relationships in prerevolutionary Europe D. social and political infrastructure that existed before the Protestant Reformation