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　　(A) refute a common misconception

　　(B) provide support for a hypothesis

　　(C) analyze an argument

　　(D) suggest a solution to a dilemma

　　(E) reconcile opposing viewpoints

　　2. According to the passage, virgin-soil epidemics can be distinguished from other catastrophic outbreaks of disease in that virgin-soil epidemics

　　(A) recur more frequently than other chronic diseases

　　(B) affect a minimum of one-half of a given population

　　(C) involve populations with no prior exposure to a disease

　　(D) usually involve a number of interacting diseases

　　(E) are less responsive to medical treatment than are other diseases

　　3. According to the passage, the British colonists wereunlike the Spanish colonists in that the British colonists

　　(A) collected tribute from the native population

　　(B) kept records from a very early date

　　(C) drove Native Americans off the land

　　(D) were unable to provide medical care against epidemic disease

　　(E) enslaved the native populations in America

　　4. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage concerning Spanish tribute records?

　　(A) They mention only epidemics of smallpox.

　　(B) They were instituted in 1492.

　　(C) They were being kept prior to the seventeenth century.

　　(D) They provide quantitative and qualitative evidence about Native American populations.

　　(E) They prove that certain diseases were unknown in the pre-Columbian New World.

　　5. The author implies which of the following about measles?

　　(A) It is not usually a fatal disease.

　　(B) It ceased to be a problem by the seventeenth century.

　　(C) It is the disease most commonly involved in virgin- soil epidemics.

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