Tomorrow, I take the Miller Analogies Test (M.A.T.) for admission to Mars Hill Graduate School. For those of you unfamiliar with the content of the test, I'll provide a few examples:
They read "blank" (is to) "blank" (as) "blank" (is to) "blank"...
1.kitten : cat :: (a. cub b. puppy c. lamb d. calf) : sheep
2.columbus: (a. New York b. Ohio c. Nevada d. Indiana) :: Little Rock : Arkansas
3.cain : abel :: jacob : (a. esau b. daniel c. joseph d. ezekiel)
Answers 1. c 2. b 3. a
Wow, pretty easy right?
Now for the good stuff: oh yes, the relationship can be 1:2 :: 3:4 or it can be 1:3 :: 2:4 - that's for you to figure out.
1. (a. Chaucer b. Poe c. Trollope d. Amis) : FLAUBERT :: DICKENS : ZOLA
2. (a. The Merry Window b. Naughty Marietta c. Iolanthe d. Carmen) : MIKADO :: H.M.S. PINAFORE : GONDOLIERS
3. BANTER : BREACH :: RANT : (a. invert b. cross c. char d. teach)
4. DADA : SURREALISM :: (a. pop art b. classicism c. naturism d. rococo) : MINIMAL ART
5. CZECH REPUBLIC : (a. Capek b. Hasek c. Havel d. Mucha) :: INDIA : NEHRU
6. ABSTEMIOUS : LOQUACIOUS :: (a. perspicacious b. sensible c. morass d. moderate) : GARRULOUS
ANSWERS:
1.Gustave Flaubert and Emile Zola were literary contemporaries in France, and Anthony Trollope and Charles Dickens were literary contemporaries in England
2. The three givens are all operettas written by Gilbert and Sullivan. Iolanthe is the only Gilbert and Sullivan operetta offered among the choices.
3. removing the b and e from the word banter and jumbling the letters gives you the word rant. Likewise, removing the b and e and jumbling the word breach gives you the word char.
4. Surrealism emerged from the dadaist movement, just as pop art emerged from the minimalist art movement.
5. The first democratically elected leader of the Czech R. was Vaclav Havel, and the first dem. elected leader of India was Jawaharlal Nehru.
6. Abstemious and moderate are both synonyms, and loquacious and garrulous are both synonyms meaning talkative.
So, how'd you do? If you got any of those right, you did better than me! Needless to say, I'll be doing quite a bit of guessing tomorrow afternoon. You know a test is ridiculously difficult when your score of 72/120 on a practice test is really good...
Well, after a week of studying, my hair is hoary, my brain is hackneyed and my complexion has been etiolated from studying inside. However, I have become erudite and perhaps a little invidious, even though I'm still not a polymath . Well, this fatuous post must come to a close - I don't want anyone to think I'm becoming contumelious. I simply hope you're happy my mind has been ameliorated. And please don't consider me to be perspicacious, for I am still the same quotidian Troy you've always known. I've simply been placed in a quagmire and was compelled to quell my querulous spirit and instead become quixotic.
Your Raconteur (that's my new self-given sobriquet),
Troy
They read "blank" (is to) "blank" (as) "blank" (is to) "blank"...
1.kitten : cat :: (a. cub b. puppy c. lamb d. calf) : sheep
2.columbus: (a. New York b. Ohio c. Nevada d. Indiana) :: Little Rock : Arkansas
3.cain : abel :: jacob : (a. esau b. daniel c. joseph d. ezekiel)
Answers 1. c 2. b 3. a
Wow, pretty easy right?
Now for the good stuff: oh yes, the relationship can be 1:2 :: 3:4 or it can be 1:3 :: 2:4 - that's for you to figure out.
1. (a. Chaucer b. Poe c. Trollope d. Amis) : FLAUBERT :: DICKENS : ZOLA
2. (a. The Merry Window b. Naughty Marietta c. Iolanthe d. Carmen) : MIKADO :: H.M.S. PINAFORE : GONDOLIERS
3. BANTER : BREACH :: RANT : (a. invert b. cross c. char d. teach)
4. DADA : SURREALISM :: (a. pop art b. classicism c. naturism d. rococo) : MINIMAL ART
5. CZECH REPUBLIC : (a. Capek b. Hasek c. Havel d. Mucha) :: INDIA : NEHRU
6. ABSTEMIOUS : LOQUACIOUS :: (a. perspicacious b. sensible c. morass d. moderate) : GARRULOUS
ANSWERS:
1.Gustave Flaubert and Emile Zola were literary contemporaries in France, and Anthony Trollope and Charles Dickens were literary contemporaries in England
2. The three givens are all operettas written by Gilbert and Sullivan. Iolanthe is the only Gilbert and Sullivan operetta offered among the choices.
3. removing the b and e from the word banter and jumbling the letters gives you the word rant. Likewise, removing the b and e and jumbling the word breach gives you the word char.
4. Surrealism emerged from the dadaist movement, just as pop art emerged from the minimalist art movement.
5. The first democratically elected leader of the Czech R. was Vaclav Havel, and the first dem. elected leader of India was Jawaharlal Nehru.
6. Abstemious and moderate are both synonyms, and loquacious and garrulous are both synonyms meaning talkative.
So, how'd you do? If you got any of those right, you did better than me! Needless to say, I'll be doing quite a bit of guessing tomorrow afternoon. You know a test is ridiculously difficult when your score of 72/120 on a practice test is really good...
Well, after a week of studying, my hair is hoary, my brain is hackneyed and my complexion has been etiolated from studying inside. However, I have become erudite and perhaps a little invidious, even though I'm still not a polymath . Well, this fatuous post must come to a close - I don't want anyone to think I'm becoming contumelious. I simply hope you're happy my mind has been ameliorated. And please don't consider me to be perspicacious, for I am still the same quotidian Troy you've always known. I've simply been placed in a quagmire and was compelled to quell my querulous spirit and instead become quixotic.
Your Raconteur (that's my new self-given sobriquet),
Troy
p.s. I think that was the most useful means I've discovered of studying vocab...
7 comments:
I am laughing out loud! Thanks for making me feel so dumb on this fine day! :) You'll have to let us know how the test went. We'll be thinking of you!
So......were you and Traci adopted and no one told us? You obviously didn't get your writing skills or wit from either of us!
We're laughing out loud as well!!
My cheeks hurt. You're too much.
We'll be praying for you tomorrow.
Glad you've joined the ranks.
Can I be your Scrabble partner?? Loved your first post. Good luck on that test!
Oh, Troy, you are too much. I could hardly pronounce some of the words. Grandpa would say "it is in the genes."
I'll be praying for you tomorrow.
I love you, Grandma.
My dear grandson,
How did you do on the test? I can't imagine anyone who can write the way you did, not passing with flying colors. Let me know. I'll be anxious to hear.
I love you,
Grandma.
Welcome to the blogosphere!
Tricia
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