{"id":21481,"date":"2013-10-29T16:15:26","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T23:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/gmat-questions-of-the-week-scary-edition\/"},"modified":"2013-11-05T16:27:43","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T23:27:43","slug":"gmat-questions-of-the-week-scary-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/gmat-questions-of-the-week-scary-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"GMAT Questions of the Week: Scary Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\/2013\/10\/29\/gmat-question-of-the-week-scary-edition\/\" title=\"the-frankenstein-monster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"the-frankenstein-monster.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/the-frankenstein-monster.jpg\" alt=\"GMAT Questions of the Week: Scary Edition\" width=\"168\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"GMAT scary sentence correction\" alt=\"GMAT scary sentence correction\" src=\"https:\/\/gmat.kaptest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/the-frankenstein-monster.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"202\" \/>In honor of this week's scary holiday, we present you with a couple of (semi) themed GMAT practice problems. Electrifying!<\/p>\n<p>Need some help with tackling GMAT Sentence Correction questions? Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iv1HoM7Ov84\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube video<\/a> for guidance.<\/p>\n<p>Post your answers in the comments, and we'll share the answer explanations in a blog post later this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Researchers have found that, on average one American should be struck by lightning every 13 days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A. one American should be struck by lightning every 13 days<\/li>\n<li>B. an American should be struck by lightning once in every 13 days<\/li>\n<li>C. lightning will strike some American once every 13 days<\/li>\n<li>D. every 13 days an American is struck by lightning<\/li>\n<li>E. every 13 days an American should be struck by lightning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2. Experiments designed to further our understanding of lightning are not as applicable to \"ball lightning\" as they are to normal lightning, because it is so rare, unpredictable, and short-lived.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A. Experiments designed to further our understanding of lightning are not as applicable to \"ball lightning\" as they are to normal lightning, because it is so rare, unpredictable, and short-lived.<\/li>\n<li>B. Because it is so rare, unpredictable, and short-lived, experiments designed to further our understanding of lightning are not as applicable to \"ball lightning\" as they are to normal lightning.<\/li>\n<li>C. Because it is so rare, unpredictable, and short-lived, \"ball lightning\" cannot be studied by the same experiments designed to further our understanding of lightning as normal lightning.<\/li>\n<li>D. Because \"ball lightning\" is so rare, unpredictable, and short-lived, experiments designed to further our understanding of lightning are not as applicable to it as they are to normal lightning.<\/li>\n<li>E. \"Ball lightning\" is not subject to experiments designed to further our understanding of lightning in the same way as normal lightning, because it is so rare, unpredictable, and short-lived.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of this week&#8217;s scary holiday, we present you with a couple of (semi) themed GMAT practice problems. Electrifying! Need some help with tackling GMAT Sentence Correction questions? 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