Clear Updates and Firm Details

3 questions. Choose the meaning or usage that best fits each situation. Try answering before reopening the passage.

1What makes the room number definite?A. It expresses enthusiasm about meeting near the library.B. It describes a destination that looks convenient but has not been checked.C. It gives a likely destination while withholding the final choice.D. It identifies a precisely determined destination without leaving several possibilities open.

2The clearly evident mismatch between the poster and map was a _____ error.A. concealedB. patentC. ambiguousD. speculative

3Which use of apparent matches the seeming agreement in the second paragraph?A. Two posters seem consistent because their room numbers match, although one map still leads elsewhere.B. Two checked posters give the same correct directions and leave no unresolved conflict.C. Two posters have not been examined, so nobody has any impression of their agreement.D. Two posters openly state incompatible room numbers in large print.

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