After Manning first enlisted in the military, he was set to be discharged due to issues of mental instability. His technical skills, however, were desperately needed and the decision to discharge him was revoked. These could be the issues Manning is referencing here.

This is the correct answer, as benefactors are individuals who support the university, generally through donations and gifts.

Read this passage SECOND and then answer all questions relating to it. If there are questions relating to BOTH passages, answer those AFTER you’ve answered questions relating only to either Passage 1 or Passage 2.

Read this passage FIRST and answer all questions relating to this passage before moving onto Passage 2–otherwise you risk getting the two confused, and the test makers, knowing this could be the case, will present you with answer choices that refer to the incorrect passage.

Like option A, this answer is tempting if you read only the first clause of the sentence. While it doesn’t make much sense as a correct answer within the context of the entire sentence, the test makers know that students will rush through questions, especially if they’re short on time and nearing the end of a section. Make sure to read the entire question, to avoid otherwise obvious wrong answer choices.

This answer is meant to be misleading. If you read only the first part of the sentence, this might seem like a reasonable answer choice, as universities depend on instructors to each students. As we’re looking for “individuals who support universities with gifts and bequests,” however, this is an incorrect answer choice.

This question type is known as a “definition” question, where part of the sentence (usually either before or after the comma) defines the word that correctly fills in the blank.

Any word that doesn’t fit this definition is automatically wrong.

While delineations along class lines have always been present, shows like Keeping Up With the Kardashians, My Super Sweet 16, and a multitude of other shows that display and glorify the super-wealthy have, according to President Obama, made the have-nots more acutely aware of what they’re missing out on.

While many European democracies were fearful of Hitler’s human rights abuses and imperial ambitions, they were more fearful still of another calamitous world war. After the destruction wrought by World War I, many European powers hoped that in overlooking the threat posed by Hitler and capitulating to his ever-growing demands, they would avoid the greater evil of another massive conflict. This policy of continually attempting to placate the German dictator was known as appeasement.