<p>Hey guys! I recently bought the SAT blue book and have been taking various practice tests. Today I took #2 and had a question on the critical reading section (I did surprisingly horribly this time, CR is usually my strength):</p>
<p>So Question 11 in Section 9 reads, "In response to the claim made in lines 24-27 of Passage 1 ("I have...reason"), the author of Passage 2 would most likely assert that: </p>
<p>A. Adolescents tend to be passionate about their dislikes as well as their likes
B. Comic books are not intended to provide lifelong entertainment
C. Collectible pop-culture items are now displayed in museums
D. The sentimental value of comic books cannot be logically explained
E. Many adults read and collect comic books</p>
<p>and Lines 24-27 of Passage 1 read, "I have never come across any adult or adolescent who had outgrown comic book reading who would ever dream of keeping any of these "books" for any sentimental or other reason"</p>
<p>and passage 2 says the following in the beginning: </p>
<p>'Surprisingly, there are old comic book fans, a small army of them: adults wearing school ties and tweeds, teaching in universities, writing ad copy, writing for chic magazines, writing novels-who continue to be addicts, who save old comic books, buy them, trade them, who publish mimeographed "fanzines", strange little publications deifying what is looked back on as "the golden age of comic books." Ruined by the critics. Ruined by growing up.</p>
<p>I chose B because later in the passage the author discusses how comic books are junk and second-class citizens but also provide entertainment, so I thought it was a reasonable inference. But my question is:</p>
<p>Doesn't Passage 1 only address adults that HAVE GROWN OUT of comic books? Wouldn't those adults described in passage 2 not HAVE GROWN OUT OF comic books, since they still actively read and trade them?</p>
<p>I would appreciate any thoughts or help.</p>