SAT : ANALOGY :: STUPIDITY : REPETITION

[The original whose conceit I shamelessly plunder.]

1)  DISSERTATION : PROGRESS ::

(A)  development : montage
(B)  Iraq : nation-building
(C)  steroid : muscle
(D)  flower : sunshine

2)  MOOD : HAPPY

(A)  demeanor : pleasant
(B)  head : acephalous
(C)  children : glee
(D)  pain : masochism

3)  OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN : QUIET

(A)  Katrina : spring shower
(B)  postmodernism : family values
(C)  inconsiderate parents : neighbors
(D)  toddlers banging : pots and pans

4)  NIGHT : SLEEP

(A)  day : awake
(B)  work : productive
(C)  life : worth living
(D)  living dead : not brain

Comments

[ben wolfson]

1, 3 and 4 have no answer, but I'm pretty sure that 2 is A.

[Bryan]

I think 2 is only A if the relationship between MOOD and HAPPY is "IS NOT EQUAL TO." In which case, I'd have to say 1) B; 3) B (the experience of quiet is subjective and relative); 4) D.