2G1C4L

Puzzlement/Fabricating - XiΞiX, that's right, these type of questions are literal.

JJJJ1234

OK- It was enigma/edifying. This was a line reference question, it was clear that in context fable did not mean a fabrication. Although fables are often fabrications, the reading sections tests your READING COMPREHENSION, and tests your ability to look beyond a familiar definition which you've previously attached to a word. In the context of the line, fabrication made NO SENSE.

niloy.ghosh518

enigmatic/edifying.

you think we should write to college board? there were some really ambiguous questions on this test, especially in the CR section. i bet if they realized that we could all raise our scores like 20 pts.

Kaznack

Riddle = enigma. That's all there is to it. Simple. Done.

codered20

Quick question: The art one, with the "swaths" of blank space or whatever... yeaaaaah, what was the answer to that one? I think I omitted that but for some reason I just could not decide and I wanna know what you guys put.

2G1C4L

ignorance was the answer, codered

codered20

i see, alright thanks man. i can't remember which answers I had left but it came down to 3 including ignorance and it made me too angry to even guess haha.

NealJ2K

Enigmatic/edifying



Someone email college board.... I want to get my points...

tommy91

I put puzzling & fabricating too !!!!!

CCFanatic

IF it were edyfiy, what was the MORAL he was trying to teach?

MrPrez

CCFanatic I wouldn't normally correct you on spelling but edyfiy is way out of the line, lol. Edify. And it doesn't HAVE to necessarily mean he is trying to teach a moral.

8KBMJ23

Puzzling/fabricating ftw!...

shimshimhey

rofl write to collegeboard after we get the scores... cuz they will know that we "discussed" the answers.. all 50 of us.

Poseur

I didn't even take this test. But I want to throw in that when I learned about fables in like fourth grade, I learned the term "tall tale" as synonymous. A quick google search reveals that by almost every definition, a fable is a made-up story, often with a moral. So I don't think that the "fable doesn't necessarily mean that it's fabricated" argument is legitimate -- the question is, as has been discussed, whether or not the commonly-known definition 'fabrication' was just a distractor because of the fact that it's a well-known definition (and they may want you to look deeper into it.)

Also, guys, stop whining about writing to collegeboard. Yes, there are ambiguous questions with multiple right answers, as is bound to be the case when a test involves INTERPRETING WRITING. Every SAT book, notably the collegeboard official one, says something to the effect of "keep in mind that more than one answer might be CORRECT -- your task is to discern the BEST answer."

tryptophan

I. I think we both agree that puzzling or enigmatic both work, so we should focus on the second word...

II. definitions: (from Dictionary.com)
fable: a story not founded on fact
edifying: to instruct or benefit, esp. morally or spiritually; uplift
fabrication: (fabricate) To make, create; the act or process of fabricating, manufacturing

Based on these definitions, it appears fabrication was more suitable to represent fables. If you find another definition that actually works for edifying, then please share it.