2 questions from the Oct SAT

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<p>So it seems to me that the CR section from October has been tarnished with all of the "I got a xyz for the CR section yay me" and this is going to be short so I'll just ask it here.</p>

<p>a) the only question that I really didn't understand in the CR section was in the "Gogol changed his name to Nikhil" passage. </p>

<p>One of the question referred to the first sentence of the 3rd (I think?) paragraph. In the 2nd (I think..) paragraph they described how it was Nikhil, not Gogol, who went out with friends, grew a beard, played music, met new people, etc... Then the next paragraph begins with something like "The only problem was that he didn't feel as if he was the one who did all those things - it was Nikhil" (not even close to a quote, but something along those lines)</p>

<p>So the question asked what does the first sentence in this paragraph serves as, and I eliminated 3 options easily, then got stuck between:
-A confirmation of observations that were made earlier in the passage (or something like that)
-A change in Narrative</p>

<p>Now, I really wasn't (and still am not) sure about what a change in narrative is. Could someone please explain that to me? I'm pretty sure it's not narration. Anyhow, I ended up choosing the other answer, as it did kind of confirm what was said earlier - that it was Nikhil, not Gogol that did all those things.</p>

<p>Which one turned out to be the right answer and why? I didn't see any discussion about this question in the official CR thread.</p>

<p>b) Which one did it turn out to be - Admiration or Discovery?</p>

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<p>b) I put in admiration, and I got 800 CR. But then again, I’m not sure if the curve was -2, -1, etc.</p>

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<p>Any idea about the first question?
It’s that one that really bugs me</p>

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<p>bumb~~</p>

<p>What’s change in narrative? What’s narrative?</p>

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<p>It was a change in narrative. The whole first part is just going on and on about how he was doing all of these things as Nikhil (aka with his new identity). Then, it abruptly shifts to saying “But it he didn’t feel like Nikhil-- He still felt like Gogol.” It’s a sudden change in the narrative, as in, the way that the story’s being told.</p>

<p>Also, I am about 90% sure it was admiration (and I got a 780, and know that at least 2 of the questions I got wrong were in vocab, not passages). The question was referring to the two teachers both saying how their students were so much better than they were, and they had nothing left to teach them. I’m pretty sure that the situation with the 2nd teacher didn’t even have anything to do with discovery, it was just the teacher saying how the student was so much better than he was. That’s obviously admiration.</p>