The following text is from Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 novel Jane Eyre. Jane works as a governess at Thornfield Hall. I went on with my day’s business tranquilly; but ever and anon vague suggestions kept wandering across my brain of reasons why I should quit Thornfield; and I kept involuntarily framing advertisements and pondering conjectures about new situations: these thoughts I did not think to check; they might germinate and bear fruit if they could. Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

To convey a contrast between Jane’s outward calmness and internal restlessness

To emphasize Jane’s loyalty to the people she works for at Thornfield Hall

To demonstrate that Jane finds her situation both challenging and deeply fulfilling

To describe Jane’s determination to secure employment outside of Thornfield Hall

Based on the texts, what would the author of Text 2 most likely say about Text 1’s characterization of the discovery involving EGR?

It is overly optimistic given additional observations from Srivastava and her team.

It is reasonable given that Srivastava and her team have identified how EGR functions in both humans and panther worms.

It is unexpected given that Srivastava and her team’s findings were generally met with enthusiasm.

It is unfairly dismissive given the progress that Srivastava and her team have reported.

What is the main idea of the text?

The speaker is thinking about the friend instead of immediately falling asleep.

The speaker is asleep and dreaming about traveling to see the friend.

The speaker is planning an upcoming trip to the friend’s house.

The speaker is too fatigued to continue a discussion with the friend.

Based on the text, how does the Lord Chancellor respond to the crowd?

He describes the crowd as being united, even though the crowd clearly appears otherwise.

He asks about the meaning of the crowd’s shouting, even though he claims to know what the crowd wants.

He indicates a desire to speak to the crowd, even though the crowd has asked to speak to the Sub-Warden.

He expresses sympathy for the crowd’s demands, even though the crowd’s shouting annoys him.

O Pioneers! is a 1913 novel by Willa Cather. In the novel, Cather portrays Alexandra Bergson as having a deep emotional connection to her natural surroundings: _______ Which quotation from O Pioneers! most effectively illustrates the claim?

“She had never known before how much the country meant to her. The chirping of the insects down in the long grass had been like the sweetest music. She had felt as if her heart were hiding down there, somewhere, with the quail and the plover and all the little wild things that crooned or buzzed in the sun. Under the long shaggy ridges, she felt the future stirring.”

“Alexandra talked to the men about their crops and to the women about their poultry. She spent a whole day with one young farmer who had been away at school, and who was experimenting with a new kind of clover hay. She learned a great deal.”

“Alexandra drove off alone. The rattle of her wagon was lost in the howling of the wind, but her lantern, held firmly between her feet, made a moving point of light along the highway, going deeper and deeper into the dark country.”

“It was Alexandra who read the papers and followed the markets, and who learned by the mistakes of their neighbors. It was Alexandra who could always tell about what it had cost to fatten each steer, and who could guess the weight of a hog before it went on the scales closer than John Bergson [her father] himself.”

Which choice best describes data from the table that support the researchers’ claim?

Vietnamese conveys information at approximately the same rate as Spanish despite being spoken at a slower rate.

Among the five languages in the table, Thai and Hungarian have the lowest rates of speech and the lowest rates of information conveyed.

Among the five languages in the table, the language that is spoken the fastest is also the language that conveys information the fastest.

Serbian and Spanish are spoken at approximately the same rate, but Serbian conveys information faster than Spanish does.

Psychologists Dacher Keltner and Jonathan Haidt have argued that experiencing awe—a sensation of reverence and wonder typically brought on by perceiving something grand or powerful—can enable us to feel more connected to others and thereby inspire us to act more altruistically. Keltner, along with Paul K. Piff, Pia Dietze, and colleagues, claims to have found evidence for this effect in a recent study where participants were asked to either gaze up at exceptionally tall trees in a nearby grove (reported to be a universally awe-inspiring experience) or stare at the exterior of a nearby, nondescript building. After one minute, an experimenter deliberately spilled a box of pens nearby. Which finding from the researchers’ study, if true, would most strongly support their claim?

Participants who had been looking at the trees helped the experimenter pick up significantly more pens than did participants who had been looking at the building.

Participants who helped the experimenter pick up the pens used a greater number of positive words to describe the trees and the building in a postexperiment survey than did participants who did not help the experimenter.

Participants who did not help the experimenter pick up the pens were significantly more likely to report having experienced a feeling of awe, regardless of whether they looked at the building or the trees.

Participants who had been looking at the building were significantly more likely to notice that the experimenter had dropped the pens than were participants who had been looking at the trees.

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

1900 with the employment by sector in 1950.

1800 with the employment by sector in 2012.

1900 with the employment by sector in 2012.

1800 with the employment by sector in 1900.

Many archaeologists will tell you that categorizing excavated fragments of pottery by style, period, and what objects they belong to relies not only on standard criteria, but also on instinct developed over years of practice. In a recent study, however, researchers trained a deep-learning computer model on thousands of images of pottery fragments and found that it could categorize them as accurately as a team of expert archaeologists. Some archaeologists have expressed concern that they might be replaced by such computer models, but the researchers claim that outcome is highly unlikely. Which finding, if true, would most directly support the researchers’ claim?

A survey of archaeologists showed that categorizing pottery fragments limits the amount of time they can dedicate to other important tasks that only human experts can do.

In the researchers’ study, the model was able to categorize the pottery fragments much more quickly than the archaeologists could.

In the researchers’ study, neither the model nor the archaeologists were able to accurately categorize all the pottery fragments that were presented.

A survey of archaeologists showed that few of them received dedicated training in how to properly categorize pottery fragments.

Although military veterans make up a small proportion of the total population of the United States, they occupy a significantly higher proportion of the jobs in the civilian government. One possible explanation for this disproportionate representation is that military service familiarizes people with certain organizational structures that are also reflected in the civilian government bureaucracy, and this familiarity thus _______ Which choice most logically completes the text?

makes civilian government jobs especially appealing to military veterans.

alters the typical relationship between military service and subsequent career preferences.

encourages nonveterans applying for civilian government jobs to consider military service instead.

increases the number of civilian government jobs that require some amount of military experience to perform.

Birds of many species ingest foods containing carotenoids, pigmented molecules that are converted into feather coloration. Coloration tends to be especially saturated in male birds’ feathers, and because carotenoids also confer health benefits, the deeply saturated colors generally serve to communicate what is known as an honest signal of a bird’s overall fitness to potential mates. However, ornithologist Allison J. Shultz and others have found that males in several species of the tanager genus Ramphocelus use microstructures in their feathers to manipulate light, creating the appearance of deeper saturation without the birds necessarily having to maintain a carotenoid-rich diet. These findings suggest that _______ Which choice most logically completes the text?

a male tanager’s appearance may function as a dishonest signal of the individual’s overall fitness.

individual male tanagers can engage in honest signaling without relying on carotenoid consumption.

feather microstructures may be less effective than deeply saturated feathers for signaling overall fitness.

scientists have yet to determine why tanagers have a preference for mates with colorful appearances.

Despite being cheap, versatile, and easy to produce, _______ they are made from nonrenewable petroleum, and most do not biodegrade in landfills. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

commercial plastics have two associated problems:

there are two problems associated with commercial plastics:

two problems are associated with commercial plastics:

commercial plastics’ two associated problems are that

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: • The Seikan Tunnel is a rail tunnel in Japan. • It connects the island of Honshu to the island of Hokkaido. • It is roughly 33 miles long. • The Channel Tunnel is a rail tunnel in Europe. • It connects Folkestone, England, to Coquelles, France. • It is about 31 miles long. The student wants to compare the lengths of the two rail tunnels. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

The Seikan Tunnel is roughly 33 miles long, while the slightly shorter Channel Tunnel is about 31 miles long.

Some of the world’s rail tunnels, including one tunnel that extends from Folkestone, England, to Coquelles, France, are longer than 30 miles.

The Seikan Tunnel, which is roughly 33 miles long, connects the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido.

Both the Seikan Tunnel, which is located in Japan, and the Channel Tunnel, which is located in Europe, are examples of rail tunnels.

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: • Jon Ching is a Los Angeles-based painter. • He uses the term “flauna” to describe the plantanimal hybrids that he depicts in his surreal paintings. • “Flauna” is a combination of the words “flora” and “fauna.” • His painting Nectar depicts a parrot with leaves for feathers. • His painting Primaveral depicts a snow leopard whose fur sprouts flowers. The student wants to provide an explanation and example of “flauna.” Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Jon Ching uses the term “flauna,” a combination of the words “flora” and “fauna,” to describe the subjects of his surreal paintings: plant-animal hybrids such as a parrot with leaves for feathers.

The term “flauna,” used by Los Angeles-based painter Jon Ching, is a combination of the words “flora” and “fauna.”

Jon Ching, who created Nectar, refers to the subjects of his paintings as “flauna.”

The subjects of Nectar and Primaveral are types of “flauna,” a term that the paintings’ creator, Jon Ching, uses when describing his surreal artworks.

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: • In the midst of the US Civil War, Susie Taylor escaped slavery and fled to Union-army-occupied St. Simons Island off the Georgia coast. • She began working for an all-Black army regiment as a nurse and teacher. • In 1902, she published a book about the time she spent with the regiment. • Her book was the only Civil War memoir to be published by a Black woman. • It is still available to readers in print and online. The student wants to emphasize the uniqueness of Taylor’s accomplishment. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Taylor was the only Black woman to publish a Civil War memoir.

Taylor fled to St. Simons Island, which was then occupied by the Union army, for whom she began working.

After escaping slavery, Taylor began working for an all-Black army regiment as a nurse and teacher.

The book Taylor wrote about the time she spent with the regiment is still available to readers in print and online.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

For painter Jacob Lawrence, being _______ was an
important part of the artistic process. Because he
paid close attention to all the details of his Harlem
neighborhood, Lawrence’s artwork captured nuances
in the beauty and vitality of the Black experience
during the Harlem Renaissance and the
Great Migration.
Which choice completes the text with the most
logical and precise word or phrase?

skeptical

observant

critical

confident

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mônica Lopes-Ferreira and others at Brazil’s
Butantan Institute are studying the freshwater
stingray species Potamotrygon rex to determine
whether biological characteristics such as the rays’
age and sex have _______ effect on the toxicity of
their venom—that is, to see if differences in these
traits are associated with considerable variations in
venom potency.
Which choice completes the text with the most
logical and precise word or phrase?

a disconcerting

an acceptable

an imperceptible

a substantial

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Researchers have struggled to pinpoint specific
causes for hiccups, which happen when a
person’s diaphragm contracts _______ . However,
neuroscientist Kimberley Whitehead has found that
these uncontrollable contractions may play an
important role in helping infants regulate their
breathing.
Which choice completes the text with the most
logical and precise word or phrase?

involuntarily

beneficially

strenuously

smoothly

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Critics have asserted that fine art and fashion rarely
_______ in a world where artists create timeless
works for exhibition and designers periodically
produce new styles for the public to buy. Luiseño/
Shoshone-Bannock beadwork artist and designer
Jamie Okuma challenges this view: her work can be
seen in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and
purchased through her online boutique.
Which choice completes the text with the most
logical and precise word or phrase?

prevail

succumb

diverge

intersect

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Scholarly discussions of gender in Shakespeare’s
comedies often celebrate the rebellion of the
playwright’s characters against the rigid expectations
_______ by Elizabethan society. Most of the
comedies end in marriage, with characters returning
to their socially dictated gender roles after previously
defying them, but there are some notable exceptions.
Which choice completes the text with the most
logical and precise word or phrase?

interjected

committed

illustrated

prescribed

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In studying the use of external stimuli to reduce the
itching sensation caused by an allergic histamine
response, Louise Ward and colleagues found that
while harmless applications of vibration or warming
can provide a temporary distraction, such _______
stimuli actually offer less relief than a stimulus that
seems less benign, like a mild electric shock.
Which choice completes the text with the most
logical and precise word or phrase?

deceptive

innocuous

novel

impractical

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

7
The province of Xoconochco was situated on the
Pacific coast, hundreds of kilometers southeast of
Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire.
Because Xoconochco’s location within the empire
was so _______ , cacao and other trade goods
produced there could reach the capital only after a
long overland journey.
Which choice completes the text with the most
logical and precise word or phrase?

unobtrusive

concealed

approximate

peripheral

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SAT Reading and Writing Module 2

Based on the texts, what would the author of Text 2most likely say about Text 1’s characterization of thediscovery involving EGR?

What is the main idea of the text?

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Based on the texts, what would the author of Text 2
most likely say about Text 1’s characterization of the
discovery involving EGR?