SAT Questions 20 Questions
This is a test to test your vocabulary. Hope you suceed!
Questions and Answers
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Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.Dahntay’s ------- over winning the prestigious prize was ------- only by the fact that his father was unable to attend the ceremony.
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Incredulity . . misconstrued
- B.
Ebullience . . tempered
- C.
Bashfulness . . extended
- D.
Satisfaction . . confirmed
- E.
Relief . . conveyed
Correct Answer
B. Ebullience . . temperedExplanation
Dahntay's ebullience over winning the prestigious prize was tempered only by the fact that his father was unable to attend the ceremony. This means that Dahntay was extremely excited and enthusiastic about winning the prize, but his excitement was dampened or restrained because his father couldn't be there to share in his joy.Rate this question:
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Hoping to ------- the dispute, negotiators proposed a compromise that they felt would be ------- to both labor and management
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Enforce . . useful
- B.
End . . divisive
- C.
Overcome . . unattractive
- D.
Extend . . satisfactory
- E.
Resolve . . acceptable
Correct Answer
E. Resolve . . acceptableExplanation
The negotiators proposed a compromise in order to solve or settle the dispute. They believed that this compromise would be agreeable or satisfactory to both labor and management, indicating that it is an acceptable solution.Rate this question:
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Because King Philip's desire to make Spain the dominant power in sixteenth-century Europe ran counter to Queen Elizabeth's insistence on autonomy for England, ------- was -------.
- A.
Reconciliation . . assured
- B.
Warfare . . avoidable
- C.
Ruination . . impossible
- D.
Conflict . . inevitable
- E.
Diplomacy . . simple
Correct Answer
D. Conflict . . inevitableExplanation
Because King Philip's desire to make Spain the dominant power in sixteenth-century Europe ran counter to Queen Elizabeth's insistence on autonomy for England, conflict was inevitable. King Philip's ambition and Queen Elizabeth's determination to maintain England's independence created a clash of interests and ideologies that made conflict between the two nations unavoidable.Rate this question:
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SAT SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT QUESTIONS 4-8Only one out of every 150,000 chemical compounds proves useful in the field of pharmaceuticals, and thus many research scientists spend their entire careers to investigate drugs that will never receive FDA approval.
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Many research scientists spend their entire careers to investigate drugs
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Many research scientists spend their entire careers investigating drugs
- C.
Many research scientists spend their entire careers investigating drugs
- D.
Many research scientists spend their entire career in the investigation of drugs
- E.
Many research scientists investigate drugs in their entire careers
Correct Answer
B. Many research scientists spend their entire careers investigating drugsExplanation
The correct answer is "many research scientists spend their entire careers investigating drugs." This answer is correct because it uses the correct verb form "investigating" to match the subject "research scientists." Additionally, the phrase "spend their entire careers" is more idiomatic and natural-sounding than the other options.Rate this question:
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Nomadic tribes herd their goats, sheep, and camels while practice the art of dying wool and weaving intricate carpets
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While practice the art of dying wool and weaving intricate carpets
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While to practice the art of dying wool and weaving intricate carpets
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Which practice the art of dying wool and weaving intricate carpets
- D.
While practicing the art of dying wool and weaving intricate carpets
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That practice the art of dying wool and weaving intricate carpets
Correct Answer
D. While practicing the art of dying wool and weaving intricate carpetsExplanation
The correct answer is "while practicing the art of dying wool and weaving intricate carpets." This is the correct answer because it correctly uses the present participle form of the verb "practice" to show that the nomadic tribes engage in the activities of dying wool and weaving carpets at the same time as herding their animals. The phrase "while practicing" indicates simultaneous actions.Rate this question:
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Alexander Pushkin, one of Russia 's great poets, had a great-grandfather who rose from slavery to becoming a Russian general and favorite advisor of Czar Peter the Great .
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To becoming a Russian general and favorite advisor of Czar Peter the Great
- B.
Becoming a Russian general and favorite advisor of Czar Peter the Great
- C.
To being a Russian general and favorite advisor of Czar Peter the Great
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Becoming a good Russian general and favorite advisor of Czar Peter the Great
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To become a Russian general and favorite advisor of Czar Peter the Great
Correct Answer
E. To become a Russian general and favorite advisor of Czar Peter the GreatExplanation
This answer is correct because it accurately describes the progression of Alexander Pushkin's great-grandfather from slavery to becoming a Russian general and favorite advisor of Czar Peter the Great. The phrase "to become" indicates the intention or goal of his great-grandfather's rise in social status.Rate this question:
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A comparison of monthly sales showed that salespeople perform best when they see their department managers working as hard as them.
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As them
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As they were
- C.
As their work
- D.
As they
- E.
As them working
Correct Answer
D. As theyExplanation
The correct answer is "as they". This is because the sentence is comparing the salespeople's performance to their department managers' work. "As they" is the correct phrase to use in this context to indicate that the salespeople perform best when they see their department managers working just as hard as they do.Rate this question:
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Customers who intend buying inexpensive neckties will not find hardly any bargains on the last day of the sale
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Who intend buying inexpensive neckties will not find hardly any bargains
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Who intend buying inexpensive neckties will not find hard bargains
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Who intend on buying inexpensive neckties will not find hardly any bargains
- D.
Who intend to buy inexpensive neckties will find few bargains
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Who intend buying inexpensive neckties will find few bargains
Correct Answer
D. Who intend to buy inexpensive neckties will find few bargainsExplanation
The correct answer is "who intend to buy inexpensive neckties will find few bargains." This answer accurately reflects the meaning of the original statement. It suggests that customers who have the intention to buy inexpensive neckties will only find a limited number of bargains. The use of "intend to buy" instead of "intend buying" is grammatically correct and more commonly used. The phrase "few bargains" implies that there are not many discounted options available for these customers.Rate this question:
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Questions 9 - 12 are based on the following passage. Paragraphs are numbered to help the reader identify the location corresponding to the question. 1. Giovanni's rage broke forth from his sullen gloom like a lightning flash out of a dark cloud. 2. "Accursed one!" cried he, with venomous scorn and anger. "And, finding thy solitude wearisome, thou hast severed me likewise from all the warmth of life and enticed me into thy region of unspeakable horror!" 3. "Giovanni!" exclaimed Beatrice, turning her large bright eyes upon his face. The force of his words had not found its way into her mind; she was merely thunderstruck. 4. "Yes, poisonous thing!" repeated Giovanni, beside himself with passion. "Thou hast done it! Thou hast blasted me! Thou hast filled my veins with poison! Thou hast made me as hateful, as ugly, as loathsome and deadly a creature as thyself-a world's wonder of hideous monstrosity! Now, if our breath be happily as fatal to ourselves as to all others, let us join our lips in one kiss of unutterable hatred, and so die!" 5. "What has befallen me?" murmured Beatrice, with a low moan out of her heart. "Holy Virgin, pity me, a poor heart-broken child!" 6. "Thou,-dost thou pray?" cried Giovanni, still with the same fiendish scorn. "Thy very prayers, as they come from thy lips, taint the atmosphere with death. Yes, yes; let us pray! Let us to church and dip our fingers in the holy water at the portal! They that come after us will perish as by a pestilence! Let us sign crosses in the air! It will be scattering curses abroad in the likeness of holy symbols!" 7. "Giovanni," said Beatrice, calmly, for her grief was beyond passion, "why dost thou join thyself with me thus in those terrible words? I, it is true, am the horrible thing thou namest me. But thou,-what hast thou to do, save with one other shudder at my hideous misery to go forth out of the garden and mingle with thy race, and forget there ever crawled on earth such a monster as poor Beatrice?" 8. "Dost thou pretend ignorance?" asked Giovanni, scowling upon her. "Behold! this power have I gained from the pure daughter of Rappaccini." 9. There was a swarm of summer insects flitting through the air in search of the food promised by the flower odors of the fatal garden. They circled round Giovanni's head, and were evidently attracted towards him by the same influence which had drawn them for an instant within the sphere of several of the shrubs. He sent forth a breath among them, and smiled bitterly at Beatrice as at least a score of the insects fell dead upon the ground. 10. "I see it! I see it!" shrieked Beatrice. "It is my father's fatal science! No, no, Giovanni; it was not I! Never! never! I dreamed only to love thee and be with thee a little time, and so to let thee pass away, leaving but thine image in mine heart; for, Giovanni, believe it, though my body be nourished with poison, my spirit is God's creature, and craves love as its daily food. But my father,-he has united us in this fearful sympathy. Yes; spurn me, tread upon me, kill me! Oh, what is death after such words as thine? But it was not I. Not for a world of bliss would I have done it." 11. Giovanni's passion had exhausted itself in its outburst from his lips. There now came across him a sense, mournful, and not without tenderness, of the intimate and peculiar relationship between Beatrice and himself. They stood, as it were, in an utter solitude, which would be made none the less solitary by the densest throng of human life. Ought not, then, the desert of humanity around them to press this insulated pair closer together? If they should be cruel to one another, who was there to be kind to them? Besides, thought Giovanni, might there not still be a hope of his returning within the limits of ordinary nature, and leading Beatrice, the redeemed Beatrice, by the hand? O, weak, and selfish, and unworthy spirit, that could dream of an earthly union and earthly happiness as possible, after such deep love had been so bitterly wronged as was Beatrice's love by Giovanni's blighting words! No, no; there could be no such hope. She must pass heavily, with that broken heart, across the borders of Time-she must bathe her hurts in some fount of paradise, and forget her grief in the light of immortality, and there be well. Question: The first sentence (Paragraph 1) is characterized by the use of
- A.
Simile
- B.
Hyperbole
- C.
Metaphor
- D.
Alliteration
- E.
Assonance
Correct Answer
A. SimileExplanation
The first sentence in paragraph 1 is characterized by the use of a simile. It compares Giovanni's rage breaking forth to a lightning flash coming out of a dark cloud. A simile is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using "like" or "as". In this case, the comparison helps to emphasize the sudden and intense nature of Giovanni's rage.Rate this question:
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1. Giovanni's rage broke forth from his sullen gloom like a lightning flash out of a dark cloud. 2. "Accursed one!" cried he, with venomous scorn and anger. "And, finding thy solitude wearisome, thou hast severed me likewise from all the warmth of life and enticed me into thy region of unspeakable horror!" 3. "Giovanni!" exclaimed Beatrice, turning her large bright eyes upon his face. The force of his words had not found its way into her mind; she was merely thunderstruck. 4. "Yes, poisonous thing!" repeated Giovanni, beside himself with passion. "Thou hast done it! Thou hast blasted me! Thou hast filled my veins with poison! Thou hast made me as hateful, as ugly, as loathsome and deadly a creature as thyself-a world's wonder of hideous monstrosity! Now, if our breath be happily as fatal to ourselves as to all others, let us join our lips in one kiss of unutterable hatred, and so die!" 5. "What has befallen me?" murmured Beatrice, with a low moan out of her heart. "Holy Virgin, pity me, a poor heart-broken child!" 6. "Thou,-dost thou pray?" cried Giovanni, still with the same fiendish scorn. "Thy very prayers, as they come from thy lips, taint the atmosphere with death. Yes, yes; let us pray! Let us to church and dip our fingers in the holy water at the portal! They that come after us will perish as by a pestilence! Let us sign crosses in the air! It will be scattering curses abroad in the likeness of holy symbols!" 7. "Giovanni," said Beatrice, calmly, for her grief was beyond passion, "why dost thou join thyself with me thus in those terrible words? I, it is true, am the horrible thing thou namest me. But thou,-what hast thou to do, save with one other shudder at my hideous misery to go forth out of the garden and mingle with thy race, and forget there ever crawled on earth such a monster as poor Beatrice?" 8. "Dost thou pretend ignorance?" asked Giovanni, scowling upon her. "Behold! this power have I gained from the pure daughter of Rappaccini." 9. There was a swarm of summer insects flitting through the air in search of the food promised by the flower odors of the fatal garden. They circled round Giovanni's head, and were evidently attracted towards him by the same influence which had drawn them for an instant within the sphere of several of the shrubs. He sent forth a breath among them, and smiled bitterly at Beatrice as at least a score of the insects fell dead upon the ground. 10. "I see it! I see it!" shrieked Beatrice. "It is my father's fatal science! No, no, Giovanni; it was not I! Never! never! I dreamed only to love thee and be with thee a little time, and so to let thee pass away, leaving but thine image in mine heart; for, Giovanni, believe it, though my body be nourished with poison, my spirit is God's creature, and craves love as its daily food. But my father,-he has united us in this fearful sympathy. Yes; spurn me, tread upon me, kill me! Oh, what is death after such words as thine? But it was not I. Not for a world of bliss would I have done it." 11. Giovanni's passion had exhausted itself in its outburst from his lips. There now came across him a sense, mournful, and not without tenderness, of the intimate and peculiar relationship between Beatrice and himself. They stood, as it were, in an utter solitude, which would be made none the less solitary by the densest throng of human life. Ought not, then, the desert of humanity around them to press this insulated pair closer together? If they should be cruel to one another, who was there to be kind to them? Besides, thought Giovanni, might there not still be a hope of his returning within the limits of ordinary nature, and leading Beatrice, the redeemed Beatrice, by the hand? O, weak, and selfish, and unworthy spirit, that could dream of an earthly union and earthly happiness as possible, after such deep love had been so bitterly wronged as was Beatrice's love by Giovanni's blighting words! No, no; there could be no such hope. She must pass heavily, with that broken heart, across the borders of Time-she must bathe her hurts in some fount of paradise, and forget her grief in the light of immortality, and there be well. Question: Beatrice's reaction in paragraph 7 serves to
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Implicate her guilt in the poisoning of Giovanni
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Demonstrate her sense of superiority to Giovanni
- C.
Reveal her unemotional and cold nature
- D.
Mock Giovanni's anger and passion
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Illustrate her innocence and her resignation to her condition
Correct Answer
E. Illustrate her innocence and her resignation to her conditionExplanation
The correct answer is E. Beatrice is calm, but surprised at Giovanni's angry words. She doesn't understand why he would state that he is also poisonous. This indicates that she doesn't know what has happened to him and had no part in his poisoning. Beatrice's reaction further indicates that she has resigned herself to her own condition and lonely life and does not expect others to take part in it.Rate this question:
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1. Giovanni's rage broke forth from his sullen gloom like a lightning flash out of a dark cloud. 2. "Accursed one!" cried he, with venomous scorn and anger. "And, finding thy solitude wearisome, thou hast severed me likewise from all the warmth of life and enticed me into thy region of unspeakable horror!" 3. "Giovanni!" exclaimed Beatrice, turning her large bright eyes upon his face. The force of his words had not found its way into her mind; she was merely thunderstruck. 4. "Yes, poisonous thing!" repeated Giovanni, beside himself with passion. "Thou hast done it! Thou hast blasted me! Thou hast filled my veins with poison! Thou hast made me as hateful, as ugly, as loathsome and deadly a creature as thyself-a world's wonder of hideous monstrosity! Now, if our breath be happily as fatal to ourselves as to all others, let us join our lips in one kiss of unutterable hatred, and so die!" 5. "What has befallen me?" murmured Beatrice, with a low moan out of her heart. "Holy Virgin, pity me, a poor heart-broken child!" 6. "Thou,-dost thou pray?" cried Giovanni, still with the same fiendish scorn. "Thy very prayers, as they come from thy lips, taint the atmosphere with death. Yes, yes; let us pray! Let us to church and dip our fingers in the holy water at the portal! They that come after us will perish as by a pestilence! Let us sign crosses in the air! It will be scattering curses abroad in the likeness of holy symbols!" 7. "Giovanni," said Beatrice, calmly, for her grief was beyond passion, "why dost thou join thyself with me thus in those terrible words? I, it is true, am the horrible thing thou namest me. But thou,-what hast thou to do, save with one other shudder at my hideous misery to go forth out of the garden and mingle with thy race, and forget there ever crawled on earth such a monster as poor Beatrice?" 8. "Dost thou pretend ignorance?" asked Giovanni, scowling upon her. "Behold! this power have I gained from the pure daughter of Rappaccini." 9. There was a swarm of summer insects flitting through the air in search of the food promised by the flower odors of the fatal garden. They circled round Giovanni's head, and were evidently attracted towards him by the same influence which had drawn them for an instant within the sphere of several of the shrubs. He sent forth a breath among them, and smiled bitterly at Beatrice as at least a score of the insects fell dead upon the ground. 10. "I see it! I see it!" shrieked Beatrice. "It is my father's fatal science! No, no, Giovanni; it was not I! Never! never! I dreamed only to love thee and be with thee a little time, and so to let thee pass away, leaving but thine image in mine heart; for, Giovanni, believe it, though my body be nourished with poison, my spirit is God's creature, and craves love as its daily food. But my father,-he has united us in this fearful sympathy. Yes; spurn me, tread upon me, kill me! Oh, what is death after such words as thine? But it was not I. Not for a world of bliss would I have done it." 11. Giovanni's passion had exhausted itself in its outburst from his lips. There now came across him a sense, mournful, and not without tenderness, of the intimate and peculiar relationship between Beatrice and himself. They stood, as it were, in an utter solitude, which would be made none the less solitary by the densest throng of human life. Ought not, then, the desert of humanity around them to press this insulated pair closer together? If they should be cruel to one another, who was there to be kind to them? Besides, thought Giovanni, might there not still be a hope of his returning within the limits of ordinary nature, and leading Beatrice, the redeemed Beatrice, by the hand? O, weak, and selfish, and unworthy spirit, that could dream of an earthly union and earthly happiness as possible, after such deep love had been so bitterly wronged as was Beatrice's love by Giovanni's blighting words! No, no; there could be no such hope. She must pass heavily, with that broken heart, across the borders of Time-she must bathe her hurts in some fount of paradise, and forget her grief in the light of immortality, and there be well.Question: Throughout the passage, Giovanni's attitude can be characterized as all of the following EXCEPT
- A.
Passionate
- B.
Optimistic
- C.
Scornful
- D.
Bitter
- E.
Regretful
Correct Answer
B. OptimisticExplanation
The correct answer is B. Giovanni is bitter, passionate, scornful, and regretful at various points in the passage, but not optimistic. Although the last paragraph hints at a possible sign of hope for the two of them, it is quickly dashed: "No, no; there could be no such hope." Giovanni is not optimistic about his condition or what the future will bring for him and Beatrice.Rate this question:
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1. Giovanni's rage broke forth from his sullen gloom like a lightning flash out of a dark cloud. 2. "Accursed one!" cried he, with venomous scorn and anger. "And, finding thy solitude wearisome, thou hast severed me likewise from all the warmth of life and enticed me into thy region of unspeakable horror!" 3. "Giovanni!" exclaimed Beatrice, turning her large bright eyes upon his face. The force of his words had not found its way into her mind; she was merely thunderstruck. 4. "Yes, poisonous thing!" repeated Giovanni, beside himself with passion. "Thou hast done it! Thou hast blasted me! Thou hast filled my veins with poison! Thou hast made me as hateful, as ugly, as loathsome and deadly a creature as thyself-a world's wonder of hideous monstrosity! Now, if our breath be happily as fatal to ourselves as to all others, let us join our lips in one kiss of unutterable hatred, and so die!" 5. "What has befallen me?" murmured Beatrice, with a low moan out of her heart. "Holy Virgin, pity me, a poor heart-broken child!" 6. "Thou,-dost thou pray?" cried Giovanni, still with the same fiendish scorn. "Thy very prayers, as they come from thy lips, taint the atmosphere with death. Yes, yes; let us pray! Let us to church and dip our fingers in the holy water at the portal! They that come after us will perish as by a pestilence! Let us sign crosses in the air! It will be scattering curses abroad in the likeness of holy symbols!" 7. "Giovanni," said Beatrice, calmly, for her grief was beyond passion, "why dost thou join thyself with me thus in those terrible words? I, it is true, am the horrible thing thou namest me. But thou,-what hast thou to do, save with one other shudder at my hideous misery to go forth out of the garden and mingle with thy race, and forget there ever crawled on earth such a monster as poor Beatrice?" 8. "Dost thou pretend ignorance?" asked Giovanni, scowling upon her. "Behold! this power have I gained from the pure daughter of Rappaccini." 9. There was a swarm of summer insects flitting through the air in search of the food promised by the flower odors of the fatal garden. They circled round Giovanni's head, and were evidently attracted towards him by the same influence which had drawn them for an instant within the sphere of several of the shrubs. He sent forth a breath among them, and smiled bitterly at Beatrice as at least a score of the insects fell dead upon the ground. 10. "I see it! I see it!" shrieked Beatrice. "It is my father's fatal science! No, no, Giovanni; it was not I! Never! never! I dreamed only to love thee and be with thee a little time, and so to let thee pass away, leaving but thine image in mine heart; for, Giovanni, believe it, though my body be nourished with poison, my spirit is God's creature, and craves love as its daily food. But my father,-he has united us in this fearful sympathy. Yes; spurn me, tread upon me, kill me! Oh, what is death after such words as thine? But it was not I. Not for a world of bliss would I have done it." 11. Giovanni's passion had exhausted itself in its outburst from his lips. There now came across him a sense, mournful, and not without tenderness, of the intimate and peculiar relationship between Beatrice and himself. They stood, as it were, in an utter solitude, which would be made none the less solitary by the densest throng of human life. Ought not, then, the desert of humanity around them to press this insulated pair closer together? If they should be cruel to one another, who was there to be kind to them? Besides, thought Giovanni, might there not still be a hope of his returning within the limits of ordinary nature, and leading Beatrice, the redeemed Beatrice, by the hand? O, weak, and selfish, and unworthy spirit, that could dream of an earthly union and earthly happiness as possible, after such deep love had been so bitterly wronged as was Beatrice's love by Giovanni's blighting words! No, no; there could be no such hope. She must pass heavily, with that broken heart, across the borders of Time-she must bathe her hurts in some fount of paradise, and forget her grief in the light of immortality, and there be well. Question:The third sentence in paragraph 11 is best understood to mean that
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Being surrounded by other people is a sufficient cure for Beatrice's and Giovanni's loneliness
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Even a dense crowd of people cannot thwart Beatrice's and Giovanni's hope of being alone
- C.
The poisonous condition of Beatrice and Giovanni separates them from the rest of human society
- D.
Other people are unable to penetrate the self-imposed solitude of Beatrice and Giovanni
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Beatrice and Giovanni will always be noticeable in a crowd because of their unique condition
Correct Answer
C. The poisonous condition of Beatrice and Giovanni separates them from the rest of human societyExplanation
The correct answer is C. The sentence states that Beatrice and Giovanni stand "in an utter solitude, which would be made none the less solitary by the densest throng of human life." No matter how many people surround the two of them, they will always be set apart or separated from everyone else because of their unique condition. Their poisonous natures have caused the solitude, and they will always be alone, at least in the figurative sense, because no one else is like them.Rate this question:
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SAT: Error Identification QuestionsQuestion: Today, as (a) he left for the central office (b), Kenneth felt the uncontrollable urge to change (c) his busy life (d). No error (e)
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Today, as
- B.
Central office
- C.
To change
- D.
His busy life
- E.
No error
Correct Answer
E. No errorExplanation
The correct answer is (E). There is no error present in this sentence.Rate this question:
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Question: While some simply cannot properly (a) digest lactose, others develop a intolerance (b) over time (c), despite the fact that as young people, they (d) had no such problems. No error (e)
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Simply cannot properly
- B.
A intolerance
- C.
Over time
- D.
People, they
- E.
No Error
Correct Answer
B. A intoleranceExplanation
The correct answer is (B). This sentence has a small but critical error in article usage. When placing an article in front of a word that starts with a vowel, it is always the case that the article 'an' is used. This question has a word that not only starts with a vowel, but that can survive with or without an article. So the sentence shown should read either 'an intolerance' or simply 'intoleranceRate this question:
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Youth (a), as the Greeks and other early civilizations (b) knew, are best spent (c) as a time of learning and of recreation (d). No error (e)
- A.
Youth
- B.
Other early civilizations
- C.
Are best spent
- D.
And of recreation
- E.
No error
Correct Answer
C. Are best spentExplanation
The correct answer is "are best spent". This is the correct answer because the verb "spent" should agree with the subject "Youth". Since "Youth" is a plural noun, the verb should also be plural, so it should be "are best spent" instead of "is best spent".Rate this question:
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Question: How (a) people naturally (b) divide themselves (c) is sometimes as important as the way's (d) they feel united. No error (e)
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How
- B.
Naturally
- C.
Themselves
- D.
Way's
- E.
No Error
Correct Answer
D. Way'sExplanation
The correct answer is (D). Many writers confuse the possessive case, using an apostrophe plus an 'S' when making a word plural, which generally requires adding only an 'S' to a word. The possessive case is used to show ownership or belonging, whereas the plural is simply to denote how many are in question. This is the case in this sentence, where the writer seeks to express more than one "way," not "way's" ownership of anything. The apostrophe should be dropped, making it "ways."Rate this question:
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Question: June of 2001, the (a) hottest month that (b) anyone (c) we knew could recall (d). No error (e)
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2001, the
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Month that
- C.
Anyone
- D.
Could recall
- E.
No Error
Correct Answer
A. 2001, theExplanation
The correct answer is (A). Look carefully at this sentence and you'll notice something's amiss. There is no verb for the subject, which is 'June of 2001.' Therefore, the question has given you a sentence fragment. Despite the fact that the latter half of the fragment has the verb 'recall,' the subject of the sentence is left hanging, only described as the hottest month anyone could recall. The correct sentence would read, "June of 2001 was the hottest month."Rate this question:
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Question: On paper there (a) was nothing wrong with (b) the artists' proposal (c) to build the statue honoring the former governor (d). No error (e)
- A.
Paper there
- B.
Wrong with
- C.
Artists' proposal
- D.
Honoring the former governor
- E.
No Error
Correct Answer
A. Paper thereExplanation
The correct answer is (A). Sentences that begin with an introductory phrase generally need to contain a comma to offset the phrase. Read the sentence aloud and you may hear the natural pause between 'paper' and 'there.' This is because of the way in which introductory phrases affect sentences, setting up a place, format or situation in which the rest of the sentence's actions will unfold. The correct answer is A because there should be a comma after 'paper.'Rate this question:
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Finding work right out of college (a) has become the main priority for soon-to-be (b) college graduates, eclipsing (c) world travel or post-graduate (d) research. No error (e)
- A.
Right out of college
- B.
Soon-to-be
- C.
Graduates, eclipsing
- D.
Post-graduate
- E.
No Error
Correct Answer
E. No ErrorExplanation
The correct answer is (E). There is no error present in this sentence.Rate this question:
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Sentence Completion Questions 20-22 Question: Because she thought her hateful cousin's behavior was _____ , it _____ her to hear the adults praise him
- A.
Intangible..thrilled
- B.
Putative..baffled
- C.
Laconic..encouraged
- D.
Insipid..demeaned
- E.
Obnoxious..galled
Correct Answer
E. Obnoxious..galledExplanation
The correct answer is (E).
If she thought her cousin was hateful, she would have found his behavior very negative. The only adjective that is very negative is "obnoxious".Rate this question:
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Question: While maintaining an outward appearance of religious _____, medieval scholar Peter Abelard revealed, in his writings, hope for the triumph of reason over faith
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Heterodoxy
- B.
Orthodoxy
- C.
Incredulity
- D.
Vacillation
- E.
Skepticism
Correct Answer
B. OrthodoxyExplanation
The correct answer is (B).
The word "while" indicates that the sentence contains contrasting elements. So you're looking for an adjective that describes someone who would not "hope for the triumph of reason over faith."
"Heterodoxy" means non-traditional beliefs .
"Orthodoxy" means traditional beliefs.Rate this question:
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LAST ONE!!!!!!My cat Lloyd loves to go for car rides and will jump into the back seat with _____ whenever he is invited.
- A.
Devotion
- B.
Aggravation
- C.
Dedication
- D.
Alacrity
- E.
Apathy
Correct Answer
D. AlacrityExplanation
The correct answer is (D).
Lloyd "loves" car rides, so you are looking for a word that shows how he would get in the car if he was excited about the ride.
There are some words you can rule out right away. "Aggravation" would be shown if he did not like car rides so that can be ruled out. "Apathy" means lack of interest so that would not be appropriate either.
"Dedication" and "devotion" are a little trickier because they do convey a positive message. But they don't really show that Lloyd is excited about the car ride. They may imply that Lloyd just does what his owner tells him to do.
"Alacrity" means cheerful willingness or eagerness. If you knew that vocabulary word, this would be an easy one. If you didn't know what alacrity meant, you may be able to choose it as the right anwer anyway by ruling out the rest of the wrong answersRate this question:
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