Choose the letter of the word or phrase that best matches the underlined word.
1. during the long spelling bee the young contestant was indefatigable. (1 point)
unbeatable
inexhaustible
optimistic
single-minded
2. the invincible athlete won three gold medals. (1 point)
courageous
arrogant
unbeatable
demanding
3. even though it was clear she did not understand the concepts, she dementedly rambled about her failed math test. (1 point)
loudly
sadly
endlessly
madly
4. the fashion show for celebrity impersonators was an ostentatious presentation. (1 point)
showy
loud
tasteful
rude
5. when the school's mascot danced up and down the hallway the children were oblivious to their teacher's wishes. (1 point)
responsive
obnoxious
considerate
unaware

Read this paragraph from chapter 5 of the prince. there are, for example, the spartans and the romans. the spartans held athens and thebes, establishing there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. the romans, in order to hold capua, carthage, and numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose them. they wished to hold greece as the spartans held it, making it free and permitting its laws, and did not succeed. so to hold it they were compelled to dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is no safe way to retain them otherwise than by ruining them. and he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget. and whatever you may do or provide against, they never forget that name or their privileges unless they are disunited or dispersed, but at every chance they immediately rally to them, as pisa after the hundred years she had been held in bondage by the florentines. what idea is stressed in the passage? the desire for liberty the establishment of an oligarchy the dismantling of an acquired state the tendency toward rebellion