SAT practice 2/11/21

1. According to the author, the work done during the last fifty years of Florence Nightingale's life was, when compared with her work in the Crimea, all of the following except

• less dramatic

• less demanding

• less well-known to the public

• more important

• more rewarding to Miss Nightingale herself.

2. The 'fulcrum' (line 17) refers to her

• reputation

• mental energy

• physical energy

• overseas contacts

• commitment to a cause

3. Paragraph two paints a picture of a woman who is

• an incapacitated invalid

• mentally shattered

• stubborn and querulous

• physically weak but mentally indomitable

• purposeful yet tiresome

4. The primary purpose of paragraph 3 is to

• account for conditions in the army

• show the need for hospital reform

• explain Miss Nightingale's main concerns

• argue that peacetime conditions were worse than wartime conditions

• delineate Miss Nightingale's plan for reform

5. The series of questions in paragraphs 2 and 3 are

• the author's attempt to show the thoughts running through Miss Nightingale's mind

• Miss Nightingale questioning her own conscience

• Miss Nightingale's response to an actual questioner

• Responses to the doctors who advised rest

• The author's device to highlight the reactions to Miss Nightingale's plans

6. The author's attitude to his material is

• disinterested reporting of biographical details

• over-inflation of a reputation

• debunking a myth

• uncritical presentation of facts

• interpretation as well as narration

7. In her statement (lines 53-54) Miss Nightingale intended to

• criticize the conditions in hospitals

• highlight the unhealthy conditions under which ordinary soldiers were living

• prove that conditions in the barracks were as bad as those in a military hospital

• ridicule the dangers of army life

• quote important statistics