Although Mr. S. had to devise ways to forget unimportant
information, he did make his living by wowing audiences with his ability to memorize long strings of digits, meaningless consonants, mathematical formulas, and poems in foreign languages. Mr. S was a professional memorizer, or
a. telepath.
b. mnemonist.
c. medium.
d. psychic.
ANSWER: b
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