Although John Milton may be best known for his written work with heavily Protestant overtones, as both a poet and as a polemicist for personal freedom and freedom of conscience, also working as a civil servant within the government of Oliver Cromwell.

The primary purpose of the passage is to

Arrellan politician: An external company audits the finances of every county in Arrell. However, a problem is discovered in only one out of every 100 audits. Although those problems are often severe, they are detectable by other means, and because of the high costs of maintaining the contract with the auditing company, the contract should be terminated.

Consultant: I disagree. The threat of being audited makes many county governments less likely to distort their budget numbers.

The consultant responds to the politician’s argument by

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the author’s conclusion in ?

According to the passage, before the advent of a new hypothesis accounting for atmospheric moisture, it was believed that record winter precipitation

It can be inferred from the passage that as more regions become warmer for longer periods of time, the effects of climate change

According to the passage, which of the following is true about the decline of male participation in the American workforce during recent decades?

The first sentence in the passage suggests that the “researchers” mentioned in would be most likely to predict which of the following?

The advent of chromatographs and mass spectrometers, having the capacity to detect low levels of volatile gases, help to explain why there was a surge of new artificial flavors in the 1950s.

A prominent fast-food chain has recently declared that it will eliminate high-fructose corn syrup from its tortillas; the question remains whether potential customers will start and purchase food there after the chain’s products still contain so many other unhealthy ingredients.

Almost like chihuahuas in that they have been irresponsibly bred, the brachycephalic dog breeds’ flat faces make them particularly prone to respiratory problems.

Of all the pandemics in human history, maybe none is more devastating as the Black Death, which killed approximately 75 to 200 million people.

The origin of silk production in central China can at least partially be because of the reason that the warm and humid climate is suitable for the cultivation of mulberry trees, the silkworm’s primary food source.

If the commissioners want to preserve the town’s character, they have to invest significantly more money than now in the preservation of historic sites.

The underlying fur pattern of a tabby cat is visible on cats with one ticked tabby gene but is never seen on those with two copies of the gene.

More than 2.6 million cubic yards of PCB-contaminated sediment have now been dredged from the bed of the Hudson River, and the chances of people being sickened by the chemicals decrease daily as the amount of both tainted soil and industrial polluters continue to drop.

Cashmere prices rose dramatically Tuesday, reaching their highest level since the recession, after last week’s disastrous storms in Mongolia led to fears that there could be a threat to the world’s main source of cashmere goats when at a time with their numbers are already low.

Unlike huge conglomerates that process rubber from trees through a laborious industrial process to make various types of rubber-based products, recycling old rubber tires into new consumer goods has allowed smaller manufacturers to invest in more focused niches and maintain profitability.

According to an analysis by the Department of Justice, nearly 80 million Americans have arrest records listed in the FBI’s master criminal database, which is approximately equivalent to the earning of four-year college degrees.

Tyromolaradenate, a type of chemical common in certain types of snack foods, is inert in adults and only toxic to children with a rare neurological disorder. Unfortunately, tyromolaradenate is produced as a byproduct of industrial processes necessary for the manufacture of these snack foods. The FDA intends to protect public health by mandating that all snack foods containing tyromolaradenate clearly state so on their packaging. However, many children with this neurological condition are undiagnosed and current screening methods are somewhat unreliable. And food labels will only prove effective at protecting children who know they have the disease.

Which of the following, if performed by the FDA, could logically be expected to help the FDA overcome the problem with their plan to protect children susceptible to tyromolaradenate?