Based of "An early expression of democracy, the US patent system is out of step with today's citizens" by Shobita Parthasarathy, answe these questions: 11. What is the main purpose of the passage?
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A. To demonstrate the excellence of the U.S. patent system
B. To compare and contrast the U.S. patent system with several European patent systems
C. To emphasize that the U.S. patent system should respond to public concerns
D. To show how patent systems commonly fail to satisfy public demands
12. According to the passage, the late 18th and early 19th century U.S. patent system accomplished all of the following EXCEPT:
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F. making patents affordable by keeping application fees low.
G. encouraging economic growth.
H. championing a select few highly capable inventors.
J. inspiring later international patent agreements.
13. The term buoyed in line 18 most nearly means:
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A. floated.
B. supported.
C. uplifted.
D. emboldened.
14. Both health care professionals and small farmers protest the current U.S. patent system because it contributes to:
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F. patented material being shared too widely with other businesses.
G. heavy control of patents by a limited number of patent-holders.
H. violations of guaranteed natural rights.
J. irreparable damage to the environment.
15. The main function of the fourth and fifth paragraphs (lines 27-51) is to:
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A. prove that U.S. citizens in the late 18th and 19th century had concerns about the patent system.
B. emphasize how the current U.S. patent system honors the principles of the earlier U.S. patent system.
C. assert that the U.S. patent system and medicine are fundamentally incompatible.
D. show reasons for and examples of public resistance to the current U.S. patent system.
16. It is reasonable to infer that patent system officials and lawyers would respond to criticisms about the moral implications of the U.S. patent system by saying that:
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F. improvements to the patent system will take time to implement.
G. such criticisms misunderstand the structure and goals of the patent system.
H. critics should take up their concerns by producing written complaints.
J. moral concerns are completely irrelevant to law.
17. As it is used in line 68, the word sensitive means:
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A. responsive.
B. tender.
C. touchy.
D. sentient.
18. The author's tone can be characterized as one of:
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F. skeptical disdain.
G. thoughtful interest.
H. frenzied concern.
J. detached observation.
19. The author suggests that compared to the U.S. patent system, the pan-European patent system is:
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A. an improvement that better takes into account the public's moral and social concerns.
B. a near-identical system that also struggles with addressing public opinions.
C. an inefficient attempt to build on the basics of the U.S. patent system.
D. an institution that further alienates the public.
20. By stating that a possible reform to the U.S. patent system could start "allowing more legal and bureaucratic challenges on behalf of the public interest" (lines 93-94), the author suggests that the U.S. patent system should:
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F. take into account the opinions of non-American politicians.
G. be more difficult to decipher for the average person.
H. allow public concerns about patent law to have more influence.
J. feature more prominently in the government's public speeches.
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