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The Sophist Abilities Test. Part D: Analogies.

(Reminder: no electronic devices are permitted in the examination room.)

There are 12 questions in this test. For each, you are to supply the X that completes the analogy. For example, given the incomplete analogy

Able : Baker  ::  Charlie : X

you would write Dog in the space below the question.

You have 10 minutes for this test.

Note: We told you last week that it was really important that you do the assigned reading in preparing for this test. So, if (for example) you don’t know who the Darios in question #3 are, it’s your own damn fault.

#1. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark : Mary, Queen of Scots
::  Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat : X

#2. Vesalius : Vesuvius  ::  Petronius : X

#3. Dario Beck : Mario Cuomo  ::  Dario Fo : X

#4. Python : Pythagoras  ::  Sgt. Preston : X

#5. Marie of Roumania : Angelina Jolie  ::  Marie Antoinette : X

#6. pederasty : podiatry  ::  sodomy : X

#7. Fibonacci : Fidelio  ::  Persichetti : X

#8. passion : petrifaction  ::  poison : X

#9. grim : grave  ::  blithe : X

#10. Fanta : sodality  ::  Dr. Pepper : X

#11. vagina : breastbone  ::  penis : X

#12. viscous : vicious  ::  discus : X

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