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Section 2<br />

Practice Test Three<br />

20. Author 1 and Jessie in Passage 2 are similar in that 23. Which best characterizes how <strong>the</strong> subject of selfboth<br />

assurance is treated in <strong>the</strong>se two passages?<br />

(A) feel a strong desire to advance socially<br />

(A) Passage 1 suggests that acceptance of self is an<br />

(B) feel insecure about <strong>the</strong>ir state of emotional<br />

act of maturity, while Passage 2 implies that<br />

health<br />

insecurity makes o<strong>the</strong>rs feel better.<br />

(C) are successful in deceiving o<strong>the</strong>rs<br />

(B) Passage 1 emphasizes <strong>the</strong> importance of<br />

genetics to emotional health, while Passage 2<br />

(D) are determined to remain genuine despite<br />

focuses mainly on external circumstances.<br />

social disapproval<br />

(C) Both passages portray characters who are<br />

(E) have been deeply affected by <strong>the</strong> attitudes of<br />

unusually com<strong>for</strong>table with <strong>the</strong>mselves.<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir friends<br />

(D) Passage 1 argues that emotional states can be<br />

21. Jessie differs most from Author 1 in her consciously controlled, while Passage 2 claims<br />

that <strong>the</strong>y are out of <strong>the</strong> individual's control.<br />

(A) degree of social influence<br />

(E) Nei<strong>the</strong>r Passage 1 nor Passage 2 considers<br />

(B) ability to be successful in academics<br />

<strong>the</strong> psychological effect of pretending to be<br />

(C) willingness to devote her time to cultivating<br />

something o<strong>the</strong>r than one is.<br />

friendships<br />

(D) refusal to accept <strong>the</strong> labels and judgments of 24. Which generalization about emotional disorders is<br />

o<strong>the</strong>rs<br />

most strongly supported by both passages?<br />

(E) desire to befriend people of all different intellectual<br />

and emotional types<br />

(A) Economic status has more to do with social<br />

position than emotional states.<br />

(B) Students are <strong>the</strong> primary group afflicted by<br />

22. The two passages differ in that, unlike Jessie, emotional disorders.<br />

Author 1 has<br />

(C) It is only after going to college that young<br />

(A) reluctantly decided to stay in school<br />

people come to understand <strong>the</strong> intricacies of<br />

(B) rediscovered a love of family ga<strong>the</strong>rings<br />

emotion.<br />

(C) found that emotional change is frequently<br />

(D) People have emotional disorders primarily<br />

impossible to obtain<br />

because of a desire to be interesting.<br />

(D) overcome a negative attitude about her own<br />

(E) Emotional disorders play a large role in <strong>the</strong><br />

emotional state<br />

social interactions of those afflicted by <strong>the</strong>m<br />

(E) recently stopped lying about her childhood<br />

and <strong>the</strong> people <strong>the</strong>y associate with.<br />

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