1. The author of Passage A suggests that changes in Bunraku that occurred in the early 1700s led to which of the following effects?
2. One main function of the last paragraph of Passage A (lines 30–42) is to:
3. In Passage A, how does the author explain her interest in Bunraku?
4. The author of Passage A identifies Bunraku theater as combining what three fragments of Western theater?
5. In Passage B, how does the statement that “Awaji dramas, like their Bunraku counterparts, often concern the furthest outdistricts of human emotion” (lines 61–63) figure into the author’s discussion?
6. It can reasonably be inferred from Passage B that the chanter is often considered the star of Awaji theater mainly because the:
7. In the first paragraph of Passage B (lines 43−58), the author provides the example of the weeping woman most likely to:
8. Regarding the perspectives from which the passage authors write, the two passages are:
9. Which of the following statements regarding the gender of the puppeteers in Japanese theater can most reasonably be inferred from the passages?
10. The passages are similar in that both authors reach the conclusion that the form of Japanese puppetry they discuss:
11. One main purpose of the passage is to:
12. The author cites brain imaging studies in the fifth paragraph (lines 24–29) primarily to support the passage’s point that:
13. When the author states that hyenas 'follow the same rules as primates' (line 83), he most likely means that:
14. Based on the passage, Holekamp’s research most directly challenges which of the following arguments made by some primatologists?
15. According to the passage, when Holekamp and her colleagues analyzed hyena skulls, they determined that:
16. The author speculates that primates may be pushed to live in large groups due in part to:
17. In the passage, the author discusses female baboons primarily to illustrate how:
18. Which of the following theories about the evolution of the human brain is presented in the passage?
19. According to the passage, when does a spotted hyena first learn its place in the hierarchy of its clan?
20. According to the passage, compared to other species of hyenas, spotted hyenas: