A irrelevant
B facetious
C mistaken
D critical
E insincere
7. There are simply no ______ for buying stock in certain industries since rapidly changing environmental restrictions will make a profitable return on any investment very unlikely.
A incentives
B arrangements
C explanations
D conditions
E procedures
8. Queen Elizabeth I has quite correctly been called a ______ of the arts, because many young artists received her patronage.
A connoisseur
B critic
C friend
D scourge
E judge
9. Word order in a sentence was much freer in Old French than it is in French today, this ______ disappeared as the French language gradually lost its case distinctions.
A restriction
B license
C similarity
D rigidity
E imperative
10. Roman historians who study the period 30 B.C. to A.D. 180 can ______ the “Augustan peace” only by failing to recognize that this peace in many respects resembled that of death.
A decry
B applaud
C ridicule
D demand
E disprove