5. The author describes which of the following as the most appealing feature of methanol?

   (A) It is substantially less expensive than ethanol.

   (B) It could be provided to consumers through the existing motor fuel distribution system.

   (C) It has a higher energy content than other alternative fuels.

   (D) Its use would make design improvements in individual vehicles feasible.

   (E) Its use would substantially reduce ozone levels.

 

6. It can be inferred from the passage that a vehicle specifically designed to use methanol for fuel would

   (A) be somewhat lighter in total body weight than a conventional vehicle fueled with gasoline

   (B) be more expensive to operate than a conventional vehicle fueled with gasoline

   (C) have a larger and more powerful engine than a conventional vehicle fueled with gasoline

   (D) have a larger and heavier fuel tank than a "gasoline clone" vehicle fueled with methanol

   (E) average more miles per gallon than a "gasoline clone" vehicle fueled with methanol

 

7. It can be inferred that the author of the passage most likely regards the criticism of methanol in the last paragraph as

   (A) flawed because of the assumptions on which it is based

   (B) inapplicable because of an inconsistency in the critics' arguments.

   (C) misguided because of its exclusively technological focus

   (D) inaccurate because it ignores consumers' concerns

   (E) invalid because it reflects the personal bias of the critics

 

    Paule Marshall's Brown Girl, Brownstones (1959) was a landmark in the depiction of female characters in Black American literature. Marshall avoided the oppressed and tragic heroine in conflict with White society that had been typical of the protest novels of the early twentieth century. Like her immediate predecessors, Zora Neale Hurston and Gwendolyn Brooks, she focused her novel on an ordinary Black woman's search for identity within the context of a Black community. But Marshall extended the analysis of Black female characters begun by Hurston and Brooks by depicting her heroine's development in terms of the relationship between her Barbadian American parents, and by exploring how male and female roles were defined by their immigrant culture, which in turn was influenced by the materialism of White America. By placing characters within a wider cultural context, Marshall attacked racial and sexual stereotypes and paved the way for explorations of race. class, and gender in the novels of the 1970's.

 

8. The passage is primarily concerned with

   (A) comparing the works of three Black American authors

   (B) describing common themes in Black American literature

   (C) discussing an important work in Black American literature

   (D) providing insights about Black American literature in the early twentieth century

   (E) providing historical information about the writing of Black American novels in the second half the twentieth century

 

9. According to the passage, Hurston, Brooks, and Marshall are alike in that they

   (A) did not examine the effects of White culture on their characters' lives

   (B) were heavily influenced by the protest novels of the early twentieth century

   (C) used Black communities as the settings for their novels.