1. It is to the novelist's credit that all of the episodes in her novel are presented realistically, without any ______ or playful supernatural tricks.
A elucidation
B discrimination
C artlessness
D authenticity
E whimsy
2. Until the current warming trend exceeds the range of normal climatic fluctuations, there will be, among scientists, considerable ______ the possibility that increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 can cause long-term warming effects.
A interest in
B uncertainty about
C enthusiasm for
D worry about
E experimentation on
3. Without seeming unworldly, William James appeared wholly removed from the ______ of society, the conventionality of academe.
A ethos
B idealism
C romance
D paradoxes
E commonplaces
4. The English novelist William Thackeray considered the cult of the criminal so dangerous that he criticized Dickens' Oliver Twist for making the characters in the thieves' kitchen so ______.
A threatening
B riveting
C conniving
D fearsome
E irritating
5. Copyright and patent laws attempt to encourage innovation by ensuring that inventors are paid for creative work, so it would be ______ if expanded protection under these laws discouraged entrepreneurial innovation by increasing fears of lawsuits.
A desirable
B coincidental
C ironic
D natural
E sensible