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 • The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) is a standardised test that is an • The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) is a standardised test that is an admissions requirement for most graduate schools in the United States. Created and administered by Educational Testing Service (ETS) in 1949, the exam aims to measure verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, analytical writing, and critical thinking skills that have been acquired over a long period of time and that are not related to any specific field of study. The GRE General Test is offered as a computer-based exam administered at Prometric testing centers

 • In the graduate school admissions process, the level of emphasis that is • In the graduate school admissions process, the level of emphasis that is placed upon GRE scores varies widely between schools and between departments within schools. The importance of a GRE score can range from being a mere admission formality to an important selection factor.

 • How long is the GRE? • The entire appointment length is 4. • How long is the GRE? • The entire appointment length is 4. 5 hours. This includes time for getting checked-in, reading directions, and actual testing. There is one scheduled 10 minute break after the third section, and a 1 minute break in between every other section. All breaks may be skipped

SECTION NUMBER OF QUESTIONS Analytical Writing (One section with two separately timed tasks) One SECTION NUMBER OF QUESTIONS Analytical Writing (One section with two separately timed tasks) One "Analyze an Issue" task and one 30 minutes per task "Analyze an Argument" task Verbal Reasoning (Two sections) Approximately 20 questions per section 30 minutes per section Quantitative Reasoning (Two sections) Approximately 20 questions per section 35 minutes per section Unscored† Varies Research†† Varies ALLOTTED TIME

 • How is the GRE revised General Test administered? • The test is • How is the GRE revised General Test administered? • The test is computer based. You will take it in a room with up to 8 other candidates. Several updates to the GRE will allow you to move through the test more at your own pace. You will be able to skip questions and return to them later, mark questions for review, and edit or change questions within the same section. There is also an on-screen calculator for the Quantitative section.

 • Field-wise distribution • Field-wise distribution" of test takers is "limited to those who earned their college degrees up to two years prior to the test date. " ETS provides no score data for "non-traditional" students who have been out of school more than two years, although its own indicated that 22% of all test takers in 1996 were over the age of 30.

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 • Antonyms • 1. PALATABLE: • (A) culinary (B) odorous (C) unappetizing (D) • Antonyms • 1. PALATABLE: • (A) culinary (B) odorous (C) unappetizing (D) unflavored (E) bland • Analogies • 1. IMPREGNABLE : ASSAULT : : • (A) invincible : control (B) independent : conquest (C) inimitable : modification (D) immutable : alteration • (E) intractable : destruction • Sentence Completions • 1. The remarkable fact that many inventions had their birth as toys suggests that people philosophize more freely when they know that their ---- leads to no ---results. • (A) cogitation. . . trivial (B) persistence. . . satisfactory (C) speculation. . . weighty (D) creativity. . . measurable (E) conjecture. . . inconsequential

 • Reading Comprehension • With the ascendance of Toni Morrison's literary star, it • Reading Comprehension • With the ascendance of Toni Morrison's literary star, it has become commonplace for critics to de-racialize her by saying that Morrison is not just a "Black woman writer, " that she has moved beyond the limiting confines of race and gender to larger "universal" issues. Yet Morrison, a Nobel laureate with six highly acclaimed novels, bristles at having to choose between being a writer or a Black woman writer, and willingly accepts critical classification as the latter. • To call her simply a writer denies the key roles that Morrison's African-American roots and her Black female perspective have played in her work. For instance, many of Morrison's characters treat their dreams as "real, " are nonplussed by visitations from dead ancestors, and generally experience intimate connections with beings whose existence isn't empirically verifiable. While critics might see Morrison's use of the supernatural as purely a literary device, Morrison herself explains, "That's simply the way the world was for me and the Black people I knew. " • Just as her work has given voice to this little-remarked facet of African-American culture, it has affirmed the unique vantage point of the Black woman. "I really feel the range of emotion and perception I have had access to as a Black person and a female person are greater than that of people who are neither, " says Morrison. "My world did not shrink because I was a Black female writer. It just got bigger. "

 • 1. The author of the passage is chiefly concerned with: • (A) • 1. The author of the passage is chiefly concerned with: • (A) explaining Morrison's own viewpoint on the role of her race and gender in her novels. (B) assessing the significance of the Black female perspective in the modern American novel. (C) acknowledging Morrison's success in giving voice to unknown aspects of the African-American experience. (D) presenting an argument in favor of "de-racializing" Morrison. (E) explaining why being a writer and being a Black female writer are distinct critical classifications • . • 2. Morrison's use of the supernatural in her novels is mentioned by the author in order to explain: • (A) why some critics categorize her as a "writer" but not a "Black woman writer. " (B) the distinction between drawing from one's personal experience and using a literary device. (C) the enormous critical acclaim Morrison's novels have received. (D) one way in which Morrison's novels are rooted in her experience as an African-American woman. (E) one of the universal themes that is woven throughout Morrison's novels.

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 • Antonyms • 1. The correct answer is (C). Literally, palatable means • Antonyms • 1. The correct answer is (C). Literally, palatable means "acceptable to the taste" or "agreeable in flavor. " The word unappetizing means "not appetizing", or "not palatable. " • Analogies • 1. The correct answer is (D). To be impregnable is to be able to withstand almost any kind of assault; to be immutable is to be unchangeable and therefore able to turn away virtually any kind of alteration. • Sentence Completions • 1. The correct answer is (C). To fit the idea of inventions originating as toys, we want the second bank to suggest "results" that are not serious or important — the opposite of what we think about toys. Hence, "weighty. " •

 • Reading Comprehension • 1. The correct answer is (A). Notice that the • Reading Comprehension • 1. The correct answer is (A). Notice that the first paragraph says that Morrison "bristles" at how her work is sometimes described, and that the second and third paragraphs quote her own comments. Clearly, the passage is mainly concerned with presenting Morrison's own viewpoint about her writing. • 2. The correct answer is (D). See the first sentence of the second paragraph, which makes clear the underlying point being made by the author in citing the use of the supernatural in Morrison's writing.