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According to the passage, the most severe problem currently facing scientists in conclusively determining whether certain dinosaurs were warm-blooded is

(A) proving that thermoregulation is the primary means by which metabolic rates are influenced
(B) developing a way of distinguishing between oxygen 18 and oxygen 16
(C) showing that an absence of seasonal variation in oxygen 16 implies a constant internal temperature
(D) finding a sample of dinosaur tissue which has survived 65 million years in a relatively intact form
(E) determining which species of dinosaurs were most likely to be warm-blooded, and focusing research there

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The author regards the idea that gendering stems from a composer’s practical consciousness of how musical expression works with

(A) serious caution
(B) strong indignation
(C) marked indifference
(D) moderate amusement
(E) sharp derision

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The author implies that an advantage of McClary’s form of musical criticism over that favored by the author is that it

(A) tends to deny that some kind of contrast between masculinity and femininity will inevitably exist in any music
(B) employs social values to account for the aesthetic choices involved a piece’s composition more efficiently than the theory advocated by the author
(C) re-inscribes models of gender difference for the most part identical to those it seeks to critique
(D) pays closer attention to avant-garde music that may form the model for non- gendered musical forms
(E) carries assumptions that for the basis of a more politically responsible strategy for criticizing the gendering of music