12.Practice.Tests.for.the.SAT_2015-2016_1128p

874
Section 6
Practice Test Ten
Directions: The passages below are followed by questions based on their content; questions following a pair of related
passages may also be based on the relationship between the paired passages. Answer the questions on the basis of
what is stated or implied in the passages and in any introductory material that may be provided.
Questions 6-9 are based on the following passages.
Passage 1
Marvin Freeman's groundbreaking new study
of the plays of Henrik Ibsen will alter the course
of Ibsen scholarship forever. Previously, scholars
Line limited the areas of their studies to a particular
(5) phase oflbsen's career, since a different scholarly
approach seemed to fit each of the phases.
Freeman has instead taken on the entirety of
Ibsen's work. Happily, this breadth of scholarship
does not diminish the depth with which Freeman
(1 O) explores each work. The career of lbsen is now
liberated from arbitrary divisions and stands
before us as a complete picture. It will be years
before we can appreciate fully the service that
Freeman has rendered.
Passage 2
(15) In his new tome on the plays of Henrik Ibsen,
Marvin Freeman presumes to consider all of the
26 plays, a period of writing that spanned some
50 years. This experiment, while yielding some
interesting observations, does not serve as a useful
(20) scholarly model. Over the course of lbsen's career,
the playwright's approach evolved so drastically
that it is impossible to fully consider all of his
works in the confines of a single study. Freeman
is forced to simplify where complexity would be
(25) more apt. While Freeman exhibits tremendous
dedication to his subject, this devotion ultimately
cannot save the project from its own ambition.
6. In the Passage 1, the "arbitrary divisions" in line 11
refer to
(A) the unsuccessful scholarly approaches that
have been applied to Ibsen's work
(B) the breaks that Ibsen took between writing
his plays
( C) a rift that Freeman has created among Ibsen
scholars
(D) distinctions between various phases oflbsen's
career
(E) Freeman's dissatisfaction with previous Ibsen
scholarship
7. The last sentence of Passage 1 functions primarily to
(A) imply that the book is very difficult to read
(B) highlight the lasting importance of the book
(C) celebrate Freeman's triumph over obstacles
(D) argue that additional scholarship will clarify
Freeman's intent
(E) paraphrase the closing argument of
Freeman's book
I GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE>