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12 Practice Tests for the SAT
Practice Test Twelve Answers and Explanations I
1077
Questions 10- 15
Paragraph 1 states that Brooks's relationship with the earlier
poets of the Renaissance was overlooked. Paragraph 2
explains that there were two basic impulses in poetry during
the Harlem Renaissance, a romantic and a realistic one.
Paragraph 3 says that Brooks's poetry in the 1940s reflected
a more realistic view of the problems of poor black women.
Paragraph 4 emphasizes Brooks's realism and notes her
influence on black artists of the 1960s and 1970s.
10. B
Difficulty: Low
The critics' initial response to A Street in Bronzeville is
discussed in the first two sentences. These lines tell you
that critics praised Brooks's craft and stylistic successes. This
should lead you to (B), which is a good paraphrase of these
comments.
11. D
Difficulty: Low
The question you're referred to ends the first paragraph. That
means it will probably be answered or discussed in the rest of
the passage. So the purpose it serves is to introduce the rest
of the passage. The only answer choices whose first words
sound possible are (C) and (D). After reading the rest of (C)
and (D), you'll find that (D) best describes the passage.
12. c
Difficulty: Low
This question asks about a detail covered in the passage, but it
doesn't give you a line reference. Since questions 10 and 11
covered paragraph 1, you should start looking in paragraph 2.
The paragraph's first sentence tells you that the Renaissance
poets were proud of their cultural heritage and believed that
the arts were a good place to express that pride.
13. B
Difficulty: Medium
The preceding lines tell you exactly what the poem is
exemplifying: the tendency to romanticize black women.
14. D
Difficulty: Low
Another Vocabulary-in-Context question. As always,
be sure to check the context. You're sent to the final
paragraph where the author discusses influences on
Brooks's poetry. It says that although Brooks rejected the
romanticizing aspect of Renaissance, she was conditioned
by its optimism. The word although indicates a contrast: if
she rejected one thing, she must have accepted, or been
influenced, by another.
15. c
Difficulty: High
With primary focus Global questions, you need to find an
answer choice that sums up the passage without being
too broad or too narrow. For example, (D) is too broad (it
doesn't even mention Brooks!), and (E) is too narrow (this is
only mentioned at the end of the last paragraph). Choice (C)
has the right focus-Brooks-and covers the discussion of her
relation to the literary tradition of the Harlem Renaissance.
Questions 16- 17
This short passage talks about the Hubble Heritage Project.
To celebrate its five-year anniversary, astronomers released
a picture of the Sombrero, a faraway galaxy.
16. D
Difficulty: Low
Look through the short passage to see where the images
of the Sombrero are discussed. You'll notice that the author
describes it as a composite, pieced together, and a mosaic.
You can infer that the final image was made up of many
pieces.
Choice (A) is out of scope; the author never mentions this.
Choice (B) is a distortion; the author says the image was
released to celebrate the anniversary of the Hubble Heritage
Project, not to prove what the Hubble can do. Choice (C)
is out of scope; the comparison in the passage is to the
Milky Way itself, not to images of the Milky Way. Choice
(D) matches your prediction. Choice (E) is a distortion; the
author doesn't mention the rest of the scientific community.