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SAT Question Types

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The primary purpose of the passage as a whole is to...

a)

Big Picture Question

b)

Inference Question

c)

Vocabulary Question

d)

Comprehension Question

2.

The passage suggests which of the following about Stryver?

a)

Tone Question

b)

Purpose Question

c)

Inference Question

d)

Comprehension Question

3.

In context, "desert" in line 79 refers to

a)

Inference Question

b)

Vocabulary Question

c)

Comprehension Question

d)

Evidence Question

4.

Based on the information in the passage, Carton is best characterized as...

a)

Comprehension Question

b)

Inference Question

c)

Vocabulary Question

d)

Big Picture Question

5.

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

a)

Comprehension Question

b)

Inference Question

c)

Vocabulary Question

d)

Evidence Question

6.

In lines 33-36, the author draws a distinction between...

a)

Comprehension Question

b)

Tone Question

c)

Purpose Question

d)

Evidence Question

7.

The author includes statistics about the size of the song stage in Tallinn (lines 47-49) primarily to...

a)

Inference Question

b)

Tone Question

c)

Evidence Question

d)

Purpose Question

8.

As used in line 66, "burden" most nearly means

a)

Inference Question

b)

Vocabulary Question

c)

Evidence Question

d)

Comprehension Question

9.

Which choice best maintains the tone of the passage?

a)

Vocabulary Question

b)

Inference Question

c)

Tone Question

d)

Big Picture Question

10.

The author implies which of the following about Estonian song festivals?

a)

Inference Question

b)

Rhetoric Question

c)

Evidence Question

d)

Comprehension Question

11.

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

a)

Purpose Question

b)

Rhetoric Question

c)

Evidence Question

d)

Comprehension Question

12.

The principal rhetorical effect of the phrase in lines 48-50, ("its causes...peace should be made") is to

a)

Purpose Question

b)

Rhetoric Question

c)

Evidence Question

d)

Comprehension Question

13.

The author's attitude toward "the attempt to stifle" (line 63) can be described as...

a)

Purpose Question

b)

Rhetoric Question

c)

Tone Question

d)

Inference Question

14.

Which of the following claims is supported by the diagram?

a)

Comprehension Question

b)

Chart Question

c)

Tone Question

d)

Big Picture Question

15.

In line 56, what is the most likely reason the author introduces Yellowstone's hot springs?

a)

Purpose Question

b)

Rhetoric Question

c)

Tone Question

d)

Comprehension Question

16.

Which of the following best describes the structure of the two passages?

a)

Purpose Question

b)

Rhetoric Question

c)

Tone Question

d)

Big Picture Question

17.

The primary rhetorical effect of the last sentence of the passage is to...

a)

Rhetoric Question

b)

Purpose Question

c)

Tone Question

d)

Big Picture Question

18.

It can be reasonably inferred from the information in the passage and the diagram that...

a)

Chart Question

b)

Inference Question

c)

Comprehension Question

d)

Big Picture Question

19.

Mark every reading topic on the SAT

a)

Fiction Literature

b)

Social Science

c)

Historical Documents

d)

Popular Culture

20.

Mark every reading topic on the SAT

a)

Natural Science

b)

News Articles

c)

Famous Speeches

d)

Fashion

21.

This passage is an excerpt adapted from a speech given in 1917 by American Senator Robert LaFollette

a)

Fiction Literature

b)

Historical Documents

c)

Social Science

d)

Natural Science

e)

Not clear from the introduction

22.

The following is from a passage about continental drift and plate tectonics from Science World

a)

Fiction Literature

b)

Historical Documents

c)

Social Science

d)

Natural Science

e)

Not clear from the introduction

23.

The passage that follows is adapted from an 1859 novel....

a)

Fiction Literature

b)

Historical Documents

c)

Social Science

d)

Natural Science

e)

Not clear from the introduction

24.

This passage is adapted from Priit Vesilind, The Singing Revolution, 2008 by Sky Films Incorporated.

a)

Fiction Literature

b)

Historical Documents

c)

Social Science

d)

Natural Science

e)

Not clear from the introduction