SAT Practice

Scholars have noted that F. Scott Fitzgerald's writings were likely influenced in part by his marriage to Zelda Fitzgerald, but many don't recognize Zelda as a writer in her own right. Indeed, Zelda authored several works herself, such as the novel Save Me the Waltz and numerous short stories. Thus, those who primarily view Zelda as an inspiration for F. Scott's writings ___.

Which choice my logically completes the text?

• risk misrepresenting the full range of Zelda's contributions to literature

• overlook the many other factors that motivated F. Scott to write

• may draw inaccurate conclusions about how F. Scott and Zelda viewed each other's works

• tend to read the works of F. Scott and Zelda in an overly autobiographical light

"Tulip mania"-the rapid rise and sudden fall of the price of tulip bulbs in seventeenth-century Amsterdam-is often cited as an example of the perils of rampant market speculation. However, recent research has demonstrated that the episode was neither as frenzied nor as disastrous as has been thought. The popular myth surrounding it, ___ should be regarded with some skepticism.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

• for example,

• by contrast,

• nevertheless,

• therefore,

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In the 1970s, Janaki Ammal, a prominent botanist, emerged as a powerful voice in India's environmental conservation movement. Her exhaustive chromosomal survey of plants in Silent Valley, a pristine tropical forest in Kerala, India, that his home to nearly 1,000 species of native flora (many of which are endangered), ____ instrumental in the government's decision to preserve the forest.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• are

• were

• have been

• was

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Researcher Lin Zhi developed a process for increasing the tensile strength measured in gigapascals, or GPa - of silkworm ___ dissolving and reweaving the silk in a solution of iron metal ions, zinc, and sugar, Zhi increased the amount of force required to stretch it from approximately 0.5 GPa to 2 GPa.

Which choice completes the text?

• silk, by

• silk by

• silk and by

• silk. By

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Close analysis of the painting Girl with a Flute, long attributed to the seventeenth-century Dutch painter Johannes Vernmeer, has revealed subtle deviations from the artist's signature techniques. These variations suggest that the work may be that of a student under Vermeer's tutelage potentially ____ our understanding of Vermeer as a solitary artist.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word for phrase?

• negating

• prefiguring

• entrenching

• substantiating

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The following text is from Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 1910 poem "The Earth's Entail."

No matter how we cultivate the land, / Taming the forest and the prairie free; / No matter how we irrigate the sand, / Making the desert blossom at command, / We must always leave the borders of the sea; / The immeasurable reaches / Of the windy wave-wet beaches, / The million-mile-long margin of the sea.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

• The speaker argues against interfering with nature and then gives evidence supporting this interference.

• The speaker presents an account of efforts to dominate nature and then cautions that such efforts are only temporary.

• The speaker provides examples of an admirable way of approaching nature and then challenges that approach.

• The speaker describes attempts to control nature and then offers a reminder that not all nature is controllable.

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It is by no means ___ to recognize the influence of Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch on Ali Banisadr's paintings; indeed, Banisadr himself cites Bosch as an inspiration. However, some scholars have suggested that the ancient Mesopotamian people of Epic of Gilgamesh may have had a far greater impact on Banisadr's work.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

• substantial

• satisfying

• unimportant

• appropriate

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Born in 1891 to a Quecha-speaking family in the Andes Mountains of Peru, Martin Chambi is today considered to be one of the most renowned figures of Latin American photography. In a paper for an art history class, a student claims that Chambi's photographs have considerable ethnographic value in his work, Chambi was able to capture diverse elements of Peruvian society, representing his subjects with both dignity and authenticity.

Which finding, if true, would most directly support the student's claim?

• Chambi took many commissioned portraits of wealthy Peruvians, but he also produced hundreds of images carefully documenting the peoples, sits, and customs of indigenous communities of the Andes.

• Chambi's photographs demonstrate a high level of technical skills, as seen in his strategic use of illumination to create dramatic light and shadow contrasts.

• During his lifetime, Chambi was known and celebrated both within and outside his native Peru, as his work was published in places like Argentina, Spain, and Mexico.

• Some of the peoples and places Chambi photographed had long been popular subjects for Peruvian photographers.

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Which choice most logically completes the text?

• 
• 
• 
• 

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Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as whole?

• It urges contemporary musicians to adopt the unique sound of Keyboard Fantasies.

• It responds to criticism of Keyboard Fantasies by some younger musicians.

• It offers examples of younger musicians whose work has been impacted by Keyboard Fantasies.

• It contrasts Keyboard Fantasies with the recordings of two younger musicians.

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