<p>For your second question, I put A as well. Could you elaborate more on the first question, I don’t recall it.</p>
<p>Also, do you know the answers to the astronomer questions I posted earlier?</p>
<p>I think the original sentence was, “Mary Lowell, who resented being taught needlework while her brothers learned Latin and Greek, arguing that educational opportunities…” Both the clause set apart by commas and the word “arguing” were underlined.</p>
<p>Choice A ==> “, who resented being taught needlework while her brothers learned Latin and Greek, arguing”</p>
<p>Choice B ==> “, who resented being taught needlework while her brothers learned Latin and Greek, argued”</p>
<p>Choices C & D were nonsense!</p>
<p>Choice E ==> “resented to be taught needlework while her brothers learned Latin and Greek, arguing”</p>
<p>As stated earlier, I went for choice B for two reasons: First, it corrected the obvious error in the original sentence without drastically altering its intended structure. Second, while choice E flows slightly better without the immediate comma clause, the phrase “resented to be” seemed too awkward.</p>
<p>Now that I’ve almost exhausted my memory for standardized test questions, what are your thoughts?</p>
<p>i agree that it was B</p>
<p>Oh, as for the astronomy questions, I’ll post tomorrow after regaining my analytical abilities!</p>
<p>hey whats a -6 in CR PSAT, -4 Math and hopefully no more than -2 or 3 on writing… is tehre no way it could be semi finalist =(</p>
<p>I put conversational/scholarly, and after rethinking it afterwards, I still believe the correct answer is conversational/scholarly. Although the second passage was not scholarly in the academic sense, its conclusion was arrived at after gaining or gathering knowledge about the matter. Though “scholarly” seems a bit strong for characterizing the passage, I think it was the best answer when paired with “conversational” which described the first passage’s informal tone perfectly. For humorous/earnest, it’s a bit of a stretch for both passages. The first one was not really entertaining or funny, and the second was not really sincere in intention, purpose, or goal.</p>
<p>Overall, the question was poorly constructed.</p>
<p>People are probably sick of discussing this, but I’m putting my two cents in because it looks like I’m in the minority of people that still think it’s humorous/earnest.</p>
<p>I thought that earnest characterized the second passage perfectly. The writer seemed really genuine in describing his emotions when the dudes just popped out of the forest or whatever.</p>
<p>Humorous is more of a stretch for the first passage - but who thought that the Newton thing about gross clouds was funny? Maybe it was somewhat funny when the dude read the sign about the appalachian trail being 15 gazillion miles long and he thought, “Let’s do it!”</p>
<p>I dunno, it wouldn’t be the first time I’d be completely wrong. Do we find out exactly what questions we missed?</p>
<p>Call me crazy, but I, like dubisteinschuh, am surprised that this question has been so controversial. As I already argued in the other Saturday PSAT thread, choice E is the better answer because “humorous” is much less of a stretch than “scholarly.” Also, don’t be fooled by the word “conversational” since the first passage–despite its overall informality–was grammatically flawless, logically presented, and generally lacked colloquialisms. According to the excerpt describing both passages, it was even the introduction to a published book.</p>
<p>I think our time would be better spent if we discussed the unresolved astronomy questions, came up with the final four math questions, or made a list of the writing questions.</p>
<p>what was letter was the answer to the 3(x+y)=10(x)+y question?</p>
<p>one reading question was about a soccer fan, i think, and the answer was crushed.</p>
<p>i think the first math was something along the lines of a simple algebra question where like 4x=5 and 3y=6, and it asked for a combination of the two. have no idea what the answer was but it was really simple.</p>
<p>On writing, does anyone remember the answer for the error id question about the mayor and laws/legislation or something?</p>
<p>just to answer everything-</p>
<p>i live in CA-so cutoff could be 216-219</p>
<p>for the two writing questions mentioned above, I agree with both answers…(B) for the first and (A) for the second; I’m happy I realized those was necessary in the end</p>
<p>the answer to the 3(x+y) question is posted in the beginning</p>
<p>I’ve been thinking…for the hiker tone question, is it possible that NEITHER converstional/scholarly nor humerous/earnest is correct? I know the other answer choices were crossed off my test booklet, but…if the reading questions are to be truly objective, shouldn’t only one answer be clear?</p>
<p>Anyway, I think that passage 1 could be conversational and humerous…humerous is a bit of a stretch though, but nevertheless it isn’t incorrect. However, conversational is the BETTER answer. The issue is how correct scholarly and earnest are. Agreed, just because it isn’t from a book doesn’t mean it’s scholarly, but there are hints on SAT tests everywhere…the italics are provided for a reason, and that may just be the hint…</p>
<p>hey what was the answer in the writing for this: he’s known of both his songs and his arrangements of other peices. i think it was no error</p>
<p>yeah, i put that the sentence was correct too</p>
<p>i think i put no error for that too</p>
<p>what is the semi finalist cut off in michigan? will it still be 210. i’ve read elsewhere it was 210 and 209 the year before. however, since the curve is tougher this year, will it stay 210 or go up?</p>
<p>for the (x+y)(x+y)(x-y)=0</p>
<p>If x^2=y^2 than lets say x=5 and y=-5</p>
<p>Than </p>
<p>5-(-5)=5+5=10 which does not = 0</p>
<p>i do not think x^2=y^2 is the right answer</p>
<p>What would my score be if I got 1 wrong, 2 ommitted in math and 4 wrong in CR and 1 wrong in writing?</p>
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<p>Using x=5 and y=-5, plug it in to (x+y)(x+y)(x-y) and get (5+(-5))(5+(-5)(5-(-5)) = (0)(0)(10) = 0. So it works.</p>
<p>Great work!!</p>
<p>Here are the sentence completions:</p>
<ol>
<li>Crushed - when his favorite team lost</li>
<li>piece…positioned - of the mosaic</li>
<li>sophisticated … profound - James Baldwin</li>
<li>variety … dominated - forest lacks variety</li>
<li>stopgap - healthcare program</li>
<li>disenfranchised…registered - voting process</li>
<li>diatribe - bitter speech</li>
<li><p>itinerants - falcons migrate alot</p></li>
<li><p>enjoy… fragrant - spicy sauce</p></li>
<li><p>considerable - progress on drug</p></li>
<li><p>financial … prestige - being in Oprah’s Book Club</p></li>
<li><p>courted…accomplished - committee…new museum</p></li>
<li><p>garrulousness - opposite of speaking explicitly</p></li>
</ol>