Singer SAT Prep

The passage as a whole best supports which explanation of the narrator’s “complex about music” (paragraph 1)?

• Her taste in musical styles became more varied as a result of her early performance.
• A pejorative review of the author’s performance led to a change in career.
• Becoming an accomplished singer was not the only ambition she had.
• A formidable experience temporarily cast doubt on her aspirations.

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The use of the phrase “thrusting others so thoroughly aside” in paragraph 2 conveys a sense of the narrator’s

• vexation
• resentment
• instability
• sentimentality

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According to the passage, the “misrepresentation” (paragraph 2) refers to a discrepancy between

• the narrator’s actual proficiency as a singer and her performance at the Town Hall
• the amount of money the narrator was promised and what she received
• the stated number of people in attendance and the actual number
• the reaction of the audience to the Town Hall performance and the reviews of it

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Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

• I might have done better if I had not been told that the auditorium was full
• I kept rehashing the concert in mind, lingering on some points
• I do not remember to this day which dress I wore
• I do know that I received nothing and that he must have lost money

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The narrator’s comment that she “not have given the critics the opportunity” (paragraph 4) suggests she

• does not understand why the critics panned her performance
• acknowledges her role in warranting the unfavorable reviews
• doubts that the critics who reviewed her did so objectively
• recognizes the influence critics exert on a singer’s career

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Which of the following views of home is best supported by “One of my great comforts in this time of self-doubt and indecision was that Mother and my sisters and I were living in our own little house.” (paragraph 8)?

• There is no greater accomplishment than owning your own home.
• Families should purchase a home of their own even when they cannot afford it.
• Extended families should live together to maintain familial bonds.
• A home may represent an asylum from life’s difficulties.

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The narrator’s experience at Town Hall is most similar to which of the following?

• A veteran artist who receives constructive feedback from a fellow painter
• A novice scientist who receives criticism for overzealously releasing incomplete findings
• An investigative journalist who resists coercion to publish an expose 
• An Olympic athlete who is barred from competing for failing to follow official rules

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