<p>wow these questions stumped me.</p>
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<p>answers:
7. E (I chose B)
9. D (I chose E)
10. E (I chose D)</p>
<p>soooooo hardddddddd</p>
<p>Where are these questions from? They do not seem like “real” SAT questions.</p>
<p>They are from the October 2008 SAT</p>
<p><em>facepalm</em></p>
<p>I can’t help you, I got them wrong</p>
<p>I got them right, but I’m not sure how I could help you.</p>
<p>I think i can help!</p>
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<li><p>The author is obviously not being optimistic or appreciative or impartial (fair). He is not “not sure” about anything in his passage, but he is being irreverent. He never mentions Shakespeare’s plays and his skills in writing until the end where he briefly mentions it. He even mocks Shakespeare in lines 16-19 by mention his “dome head” and beer commercials. So he’s being irreverent, or lacks respect.</p></li>
<li><p>This one was kind of tricky. At first I thought it was C but I realized that his tone was “irreverent” so C’s wrong.
A is obviously wrong since he is an expert supposedly. He tklas about all these facts on Shakespeare so he obviously is an expert. And it’s not B since everyone supposedly knows about Shakespeare and his plays. C is wrong since a great deal is known since he mentions all these different things about Shakespeare in the second passage. It’s not D since the author isn’t mocking the public’s lack of knowledge. It’s E since throughout the passage he talks about all these different things about Shakespeare that could be true or false. I got a feeling that it was E after reading lines 15-17.
Sorry it’s long. haha.</p></li>
<li><p>I won’t explain why the other 4 choices are incorrect for this one. The Answer is E since Passage 1 tlaks about “Shakespeare buisness”. Passage 2 talks about how Shakespeare’s hometown has been deluged by tourists and the commercials he’s in. You even see the word “industry” used in line 20 of Passage 2.</p></li>
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<p>hope it helps!</p>
<p>Thanks ^ they all make sense now except for #9…
You chose the same answer as me (E) but the answer is (D).</p>
<p>Oh oops. HAHA OMG i got that one wrong too then… I read the answer as E -___-. Crap i’ll review it and explain it! wait one sec :D</p>
<p>7) I think the more relevant definition of “irreverent” here is satirical, not disrespectful. It is clearly not (B), that Passage 2 is more appreciative, because, although the author describes the public’s appreciation of Shakespeare, he or she does not show appreciation for Shakespeare. Passage 1 does in a clear manner because it is more personal–the author’s appreciation is embodied in his or her own personal voice/opinion. It does not poke fun at Shakespeare like Passage 2 does.</p>
<p>9) To be honest, this is a really easy question. Passage 2 talks about how much people appreciate, praise, and celebrate Shakespeare. It says that he is kind of a “hero.” Shakespeare is known for writing plays, so we would expect that the people are celebrating his plays. We know for a fact that he is known for his plays. To say that it is merely rumored that he wrote plays is to imply (in a humorous way) that the people do not really know much about Shakespeare . . . that they are simply praising him because he is popular. It is not (E), that the sentence is a snide commentary on the public’s willingness to believe rumors, because the rumor is not an actual rumor. The author is saying that it is “rumored” that Shakespeare writes plays in order to be satirical–to mock the fact that these people don’t know Shakespeare’s works but yet seem to be engaged in him as a figure; it is not a “factual” observation either (as choice (B) suggests).</p>
<p>10) It is not (D), that the passages support that very little is known about “certain periods” of Shakespeare’s life, because neither passage talks about “certain periods” of his life.</p>
<p>Passage 1 talks about how people want to know about Shakespeare but can never really know “the genius of his writing.” It says that every generation has been fond of Shakespeare. Thus, it supports the fact that Shakespeare is prominent in literature and virtually has his own industry. The third sentence explicitly states that there is a Shakespeare business and that it would be poor for the business to not add “two or three more” books (implying that they are all sold out). Also, the fact that this sentence is stated after the sentence about “every age” that has gone in search for Shakespeare and the sentence about his biography means that Shakespeare is popular.</p>
<p>Passage 2 talks about the great extent to which people are interested in Shakespeare. It explicitly states that, “without him, industries would crash and ideologies crumble.”</p>
<p>Oh okay I think I got it! In the Passage the author talks about how the tourists are waddling around reverently around the … of Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. So from the passage I get a feeling that the author was saying people know about Shakespeare being a writer and famous and all but nothing about his plays.</p>
<p>ok thanks guys :)!!</p>
<p>How do people obtain previously administered tests?</p>
<p>Through friends and siblings</p>
<p>Would you be willing to share?</p>
<p>Thanks for your help guys!</p>