<p>test #1 page 405 aviation passage:</p>
<p>last question, medium difficulty</p>
<p>Lines 43-47
One of Wright’s most eloquent admirers called him a poet and compared him to one of “those monks of Asia Minor who live perched on the tops of inaccessible mountain peaks. The soul of Wilbur Wright is just as high and faraway.”</p>
<p>Lines 47-48:
Wright was, in fact, “deeply middle-class and unheroic,” writes one biographer, but those obsessed with the glamour of flight pretended not to notice.</p>
<p>In lines 47-48, the inclusion of the biographer’s remarks is intended to</p>
<p>(A) criticize an instance of unimaginative thinking
<a href=“B”>b</a> demystify the image of an individual<a href=“C”>/b</a> reiterate a generally accepted view
(D) reassess the importance of an invention
(E) perpetuate the legacy of a scientific hero</p>
<p>Here is how I worked out the problem:</p>
<p>1) I crossed out A because the remarks were not intended to criticize, especially not an “instance”</p>
<p>2) I considered B, but did not wholly accept it as the answer because it seemed like the remarks were introduced only so the author could say that admirers “pretended not to notice.” Therein was what sparked the assumption that people knew, but just didn’t care</p>
<p>3) I crossed out C because nowhere in the passage was it mentioned or implied that the view was generally accepted</p>
<p>4) I crossed out D because the remarks had nothing to do with the invention’s importance.</p>
<p>5) I strongly considered E because the remarks do perpetuate Wright’s legacy. He was also a “scientific hero.” Legacy stood out to me because when you look at passing figures in popular culture, you often look at their childhoods (i.e. MJ’s). Wright’s being “middle-class” certainly was part of his legacy</p>
<p>So I chose E and scratched out B. The answer was B</p>
<p>What did I do wrong? Was it a misinterpretation of E? Or does the problem therein lie in my thought process?</p>