241. In the poem Annabel Lee, the speaker reveals that he is not ________ to the death of his beloved; on the contrary, he is ________ .

    (A) indifferent ... apathetic

    (B) reconciled ... acquiescent

    (C) resigned ... inconsolable

    (D) accustomed ... inured

    (E) relevant ... responsive

 242. In their determination to discover ways to ________ human life, doctors fail to take into account that longer lives are not always happier ones.

    (A) ease

    (B) prolong

    (C) eradicate

    (D) recuperate

    (E) dissect

 243. In this survey of Revolutionary America, the author finds a remarkable homogeneity of opinion from Massachusetts to Georgia; the differences between the sections are ________ , almost always explainable by differences in climate or topography.

    (A) sharp

    (B) nonexistent

    (C) irreconcilable

    (D) superficial

    (E) enormous

 244. In view of the fact that there are mitigating circumstances, we must consider this a  ________ offense.

    (A) heinous

    (B) venal

    (C) criminal

    (D) propitious

    (E) venial

 245. In view of the interrelationships among a number of the African American leaders treated in this anthology, there is inevitably a certain amount of ________ among some of the essays presented here.

    (A) overlapping

    (B) inaccuracy

    (C) pomposity

    (D) exaggeration

    (E) objectivity