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The author presents the numbered hat check as an example of

(A) a referential symbol that relies on copying the thing it symbolizes in simplified form
(B) a condensation symbol that gradually grew into a referential symbol over time
(C) a referential symbol that is devoid of associational symbolism
(D) a referential symbol that was gradually weaned from its initial emotional context
(E) a referential symbol that may gradually metamorphose from its original context into a condensation symbol

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If the argument in the passage is valid, a condensation symbol of performing a gesture in the presence of a specific problem would be LEAST likely to become a referential symbol for expressing dismay when

(A) the gesture’s performance begins to lose its emotional saturation
(B) people perform the gesture in the absence of any specific problem
(C) the gesture acquires a secondary emotional meaning
(D) another gesture for expressing dismay comes into common usage
(E) people never perform the gesture except when confronted with the specific problem

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Comets have been mistakenly interpreted by humans in times past as______of doom, foretelling famine, plague, and destruction.

(A) harbingers
(B) illusions
(C) malapropisms
(D) misnomers
(E) effects