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In addition to crafting in the fashionable Willard features such as the pierced fretwork, columns with brass fixtures, and white enamel dial, Concord clockmakers attempted to differentiate their products from those of the Willards through such means as a distinctive ornamental inlay, which added to the perception of custom work not usually seen on the Willard’s standardized products. The Willards also made less expensive wall clocks, including “banjo clocks” patented by Simon Willard in 1802. The distinctive diamond shaped design and inverted movement of some Concord wall clocks may reflect an attempt to circumvent Willard’s patent.

40. What is the passage primarily about?

(a) clockmaking in Concord at the turn of the nineteenth century

(b) Concord at the turn of the nineteenth century

(c) Competition between Concord clockmakers and the Willards

(d) The influence of the Willards on clockmaking in Concord

41. According to the passage, which of the following businesses did NOT supply the clockmaking trade?

(a) wire-drawing mill

(b) cabinetmaking shops

(c) iron forge

(d) glass shops

42. The phrase “in short” in line 10 is closest in meaning to

(a) generally speaking

(b) to sum up

(c) in conclusion

(d) however

43. According to the passage, “the Milldam” was

(a) where the Willard family had been producing clocks ;

(b) a type of clock

(c) in Boston’s industrial Roxbury Neck

(d) in Concord

44. Which of the following terms does the author explain in the passage?

(a) banjo clocks(line 24)

(b) journeymen labor(line 17)

(c) traditional clockmaker(line 15)

(d) pierced fretwork(line 20)

45. Which of the following features is NOT mentioned as a way the Concord clockmakers attempted to differentiate their products from Willards

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