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1. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

Explanation for Incorrect Answer B :

Choice (B) is incorrect. Mulcahy's own characterization of Hoar's firing him as "a blunt, naked wielding of power" shows that Mulcahy does not view the president's move as timid or hesitant.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer C :

Choice (C) is incorrect. There is no suggestion that Jocelyn College had any stated policy of firing Mulcahy or anyone else for being outspokenly critical of the college president.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer D :

Choice (D) is incorrect. By characterizing Hoar's move to fire him as transparent, Mulcahy implies that the personal motive behind that move is obvious: President Hoar did it to get revenge for Mulcahy's outspoken criticisms of the way the college is run.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer E :

Choice (E) is incorrect. Mulcahy is said to be "hurt by the letter" (line 53) that informed him of President Hoar's decision to fire him. But there is no indication that Mulcahy believed that the decision to fire him had been painful for the president to make.

2. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

Explanation for Incorrect Answer A :

Choice (A) is incorrect. Some of the issues Mulcahy fought for, such as salary increases and lighter teaching loads, are issues that most of the faculty probably would have been sympathetic toward, while others are unlikely to have been of any interest at all to most of the faculty.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer B :

Choice (B) is incorrect. The list of issues that Mulcahy fought over suggests that Mulcahy believed that Jocelyn College was poorly run, but the list does not prove that the college actually was poorly run.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer C :

Choice (C) is incorrect. There is no suggestion that the letter included any reference to any of the issues Mulcahy had fought for. In fact, the "transparency" Mulcahy attributes to Hoar's motive in sending the letter strongly suggests that there was no actual mention of these issues in the letter.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer D :

Choice (D) is incorrect. The issues Mulcahy fought for range from salary increases to calls for investigations of administrative departments to demands for explanations of what happened to twenty thousand eggs. None of the issues Mulcahy fought for is particularly theoretical or abstract, nor do they seem particularly difficult for most people to understand.

3. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

Explanation for Correct Answer E :

Choice (E) is correct. "Condolatory" means expressive of sympathetic sorrow. Mulcahy thinks that the president was foolish in a way that he, Mulcahy, would never be. He feels contempuous superiority. So the sympathy expressed by the smile is condescending and mixed with amused scorn.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer B :

Choice (B) is incorrect. Mulcahy is described as feeling for Hoar pity mingled with contempt, which is inconsistent with sincere compassion. Something that is whimsical has an element of lightness about it, and Mulcahy's "dry amusement" does not indicate delight, much less whimsical delight.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer C :

Choice (C) is incorrect. Mulcahy expresses himself as being "amazed, really amazed" at the president's letter. However, he is described as feeling "pity, mingled with contempt and dry amusement" , and such an emotion is inconsistent with delighted appreciation.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer D :

Choice (D) is incorrect. Mulcahy is described as regarding the president's letter as a betrayal, so his "condolatory smile" may have expressed some bitter disappointment at that betrayal. However, there is nothing sly, or underhanded, about his criticism of Hoar.

4. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

Explanation for Incorrect Answer C :

Choice (C) is incorrect. There is no indication that Mulcahy's student load compares with that of other faculty members at Jocelyn College, and there is no indication that Mulcahy thinks that President Hoar regards his dedication to his students as inadequate.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer D :

Choice (D) is incorrect. Mulcahy seems to have challenged President Hoar in faculty meetings and to have opposed him on all sorts of issues. But there is no indication that Mulcahy ever made fun of the president.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer E :

Choice (E) is incorrect. Mulcahy clearly believes his academic achievements are greater than those of most of the professors at Jocelyn College. He describes himself as being the victim of "that ferocious envy of mediocrity for excellence" , which suggests that he does think that some other professors might be jealous of him. But Mulcahy believes that he was fired because of President Hoar's hatred of him for his criticisms of the way the college is run, not because of envy or jealousy that any of the other professors might have felt.

5. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

Explanation for Correct Answer D :

Choice (D) is correct. The move to fire him struck Mulcahy as going against "that sense of contract between people that transcends personal animosities and factional differences, that holds the individual distinct from the deed". As the passage presents it, then, someone can dislike a person's actions and positions while still recognizing the human worth of that person.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer B :

Choice (B) is incorrect. One can recognize that people are not bad just because they hold wrong views, but one can recognize this without praising people who have wrong views.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer C :

Choice (C) is incorrect. Promoting someone does not involve any judgment about people's human worth apart from their ability to do a job, so there is no reason to expect that someone who holds the "individual distinct from the deed" would be especially likely to promote someone who is not qualified.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer E :

Choice (E) is incorrect. As it is used in the passage, someone who holds the "individual distinct from the deed" can hate what someone does or believes without also hating the person him- or herself. No mention is made of revealing these deeds to anyone else.

6. ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

Explanation for Incorrect Answer A :

Choice (A) is incorrect. "Flat" can be used to mean even or level. But applied to emotions, "even" and "level" suggest moderation as well as lack of variability. And the sort of dislike that prompts firing someone is not moderate dislike.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer B :

Choice (B) is incorrect. "Taut" means tightly drawn, and it can be used in connection with people to mean high strung or tense. But nothing in the passage suggests that the president's dislike of Mulcahy was tense.

Explanation for Incorrect Answer C :

Choice (C) is incorrect. "Shallowly" means having little depth, and "flatly" can be used to mean shallowly. But in the passage, "flatly" is used to characterize the manner in which the president disliked Mulcahy, so in the passage, "flatly" is not used to mean "shallowly."

Explanation for Incorrect Answer D :

Choice (D) is incorrect. "Unemphatic" means unforceful or undecisive, and "flatly" can be used to mean unemphatically. But as the passage describes it, the president's dislike of Mulcahy is both forceful and emphatic.

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