Reading passages

35-It's implied in the passage that breakfast at the White Cloud Hotel ---- . 
A) was served from seven to seven forty -five 
B) was delivered by room service to some guests 
C) could be selected from a wide -ranging menu
D) was generous and delicious with fast service
E) was served whether guests wanted it or not 
36 -We can conclude from the author's statements that her overall impression of the hotel 
was that ---. 
A) it was generally efficient and well -run B) it was extremely luxurious and relaxing 
C) the service was slow and inefficient D) it was shabby and totally impersonal
E) the catering at the hotel was superb 
By his own account, Quintus Horatius Flaccus was a terrible soldier. He fought for the losing side 
in civil wars. When the order came to "Attack!", he dropped his shield and ran in the wrong 
direction. Back in Rome, he got a job as a petty bureaucrat. It was not a very good job, but it left 
him plenty of time to write. And his writing is what the poet whom we know as Horace is still 
remembered for to this day. Maybe it is a good thing that he dropped his shield and ran. Who 
remembers the ones who died, or their cause? This is, perhaps, the proof that the pen really is 
mightier than the sword! 
37 -Quintus Horatius Flaccus is best known as ----. 
A) a terrible soldier 
B) a coward who ran away from battles
C) the man who reformed the Roman bureaucracy 
D) the man who proved that the pen is mightier than the sword 
E) the poet who wrote under the name of Horace 
38 -The author believes that ----. 
A) writers are more memorable than soldiers 
B) soldiers who died fighting for a good cause are remembered 
C) Rome was a dangerous place for poets

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D) it is safer to be a bureaucrat than a poet
E) soldiers are more patriotic than poets