CR Short Passage questions

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<p>Hey guys,
I need help with these CR questions.</p>

<p>1#
At a preconcert interview in 2000 for the performance of one of her works in London, Rhian Samuel was asked about her well-known reluctance to be considered a Welsh composer. Her reply --- ―I’m not so happy to be called only a Welsh composer because I haven’ t lived in Wales all my life and have another influences as well. On the other hand, I</p>

<p>[have] been a woman all my life!‖ --- brought both laughter and applause from the expectant crowd of concertgoers. In short, Samuel is proud to be considered first a woman composer, one whose connection to the Welsh language and people resurfaces at interludes throughout her musical life.</p>

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<li>Her "reply' in lines 2 suggests chiefly that Samuel believes which of the following?</li>
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<p>A. He nationality is not the most important aspect of her identity.</p>

<p>B. She could not have become a successful composer if she had remained in Wales for her whole life.</p>

<p>C. One of the obligations of a musician is to relate a humorous anecdote before each performance.</p>

<p>D. Other people should not refer to themselves as Welsh unless they have always lived in Wales.</p>

<p>E. Men should acknowledge the importance of their gender as an artistic influence just as women do.</p>

<p>I guessed D but the answer is A. Explanations?</p>

<p>2#
My daughter, Olivia, and I were going to college. Not together at the same school, thank goodness, just at the same time, but she didn’t exactly know about my plans yet. There were a few things that needed work in this arrangement. Any mother who has an eighteen-year-old daughter would completely understand why I didn’t mention my decision to go to college to Olivia. [What? I can’t believe it. Are you actually copying me? Don’ t you think you should consider getting your own life?] It wasn’t that I planned never to tell her. I just figured I’d wait a bit --- until we’d had a little time to miss each other.</p>

<p>( 11). The narrator’s attitude toward her situation is best described as</p>

<p>A. perplexed B. prudent C. sentimental D. annoyed</p>

<p>The answer is B but I guessed C. Why isn't it sentimental? In the last sentence it says "until we'd had a little time to miss each other". Shouldnt it be sentimental?</p>

<p>Thanks :)</p>

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<li><p>Choice D is a fallacy. She basically said that she doesn’t want to be labeled as Welsh since she’s lived in other places. Choice A directly summarizes that. Choice D involves a speculation that might be true but cannot be proven from her words. </p></li>
<li><p>If you zoom out and look at the big picture, you can see that the over all message is: “I’m going to college, but I’m going to wait a bit, because I know of the consequences if I tell her right now.” That’s a pretty prudent (sensible) narrative. Everything else is just supporting evidence of her decision. The fact that her daughter might take the news less offensively after the daughter misses her is just evidence to support this strategy. </p></li>
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<p>Hope that helped :slight_smile: This is good practice for me also</p>

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<p>Which test are these two passages from?</p>

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<p>Thank you @humbugs‌. Got it now.
@Sparkkid1234‌ These are from the May 2010 test.</p>