I think its "probably happened"

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<p>You all know which question I’m talking about. It has just been mindf’ing me for the entire day. However, I may have found some crucial information that may give at least some insight into this stupid question.</p>

<p>Basically, I looked into the book where the passage was taken from. And guess what? According to reviews I read, the book as a whole is in support of the existence of the Trojan War. And, most convincingly: “…oral tradition and accounts by poets, he notes, have yet to be disproved by archeology” (<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Search-Trojan-War-Updated/dp/0520215990[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Search-Trojan-War-Updated/dp/0520215990&lt;/a&gt;, publisher’s weekly editorial review). Could that possibly be saying what I think it’s saying??</p>

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<p>^ Like </p>

<p>10 char</p>

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<p>What you’re saying is correct and I also got “probably happened” but the CR sections are all about what is in the context. Certain people interpreted the “given” text differently.
The editorial was obviously not on the test.</p>

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<p>Certainly CR is about reading into whats given. This just helps to confirm it!</p>

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<p>^ Yeah but College Board wants you to interpret the opinion of the AUTHOR. If college board names the correct answer as “probably didn’t happen” then you could just cite this book as evidence and college board’s answer would be incorrect would it not?</p>

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<p>What a mysterious dilemma</p>

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<p>Hahahaha forreal. I put that it I’d happen cuz there was no evidence to argue against it.
Come on CB! Let me be right ^^</p>

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<p>This is possibly the most ambiguous CR question I’ve ever come across, I personally think they should just drop it although that will never happen.</p>

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<p>It’s definitely “probably not, because of scanty literary evidence”.</p>

<p>The book writes about the Trojan war being “plausible”; however, the SAT passage ends right before the book introduces the plausibility of it. The author, throughout the whole passage, did not indicate anywhere that it may have happened. He did, however, give some hints that it didn’t happen because there was only Homer’s writing to support it, and that was even questionable. </p>

<p>The answer was pretty obvious to me. However, I may be wrong.</p>

<p>Also, ETS edits certain passages for the SAT and changes the meaning. The book might be different from the passage given on the SAT on Saturday.</p>

<p>Let’s hope for a lenient curve: 800, 800, 800, 800, as it’s frequently been in October SATs.</p>

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<p>when ppl say 800 800 800 800 does that mean -3 omit 0 is not 800?..so is the 4th 800 there attainable only if you missed say 2 and omitted 1?</p>

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<p>Aw geezers. People, chill, relax. Stop living with anxiety and just be patient. :)</p>

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<p>I am hoping against hope that it is probably.
I have this crazy idea that if I get a perfect score on the CR, Columbia will ignore my abysmal math score (by abysmal I mean low 600s, rofl) and let me in any way, hahaha. I dunno where I got this idea in my head, but now I want an 800 on this section sooo freaking bad. I have -2 (both stupid mistakes), and if probably is wrong, I drop below an 800. :(</p>

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<p>Please let the curve be SUPER lenient!!!</p>

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<p>All answers have to have some sort of support in the passage given. There is absolutely no support for the “probably happened” answer, so it couldn’t have been that answer. Please show me where in the passage this support is if I’m wrong.</p>

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<p>I agree, the answer was “probably not, due to scantily evidence”</p>

<p>Why? Read the passage. Was there ANY reason for the story to be true? The passage in the beginning even said that the Troy story is a historical paradox because it never really happened (we can’t prove it) yet people believe it. Then it talked about how Homer’s stories were recorded hundreds of years later, and that there was no way to record the events at the time of Troy. I also struggled over the question, but with CR, you must NOT read into the passages. Simply deduce what it is saying. They don’t want you using any skills other than your critical thinking.</p>

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I’m not too sure about that… I’ve been told that all CR can always be directly evidenced in the text. And on this test there is quite clear evidence for most/all of the other questions.</p>

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<p>It is probably not with scanty evidence. </p>

<p>The entire passage was on ‘half-a$$’ evidence from some guy who took bits and pieces from here and there and about how his info. from the time the war actually occurred was like our present day to Magna Carta or whatever. </p>

<p>Then entire summary is sort of like “Wow, sadly this thing probably didn’t occur because of the minimal evidence (I wouldn’t even call it evidence) but we can always hope”</p>

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<p>That guy (thucydides) is never described as the sole evidence, actually. The author sheds skepticism on thucydides by mentioning the time gap, but of course there was Homer which was much closer to the time of the alleged Trojan war and which is based on oral tradition that had been handed down from generations before.</p>

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<p>That’s what I meant. To READ INTO, means to try to find meaning that lies below the surface. Critical reading is just simple comprehension. There was clear evidence for almost all the answers - i thought it was an easy test, at least compared to the ACT CR.</p>

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<p>Mm, now that I think of it this looks like some very convincing quote:

This was in our SAT passage, I believe. It was as if CB was directly pointing us to this in regards to the question.</p>