<p>“The author said that photography was 'a mix of fact, error, and wishful thinking”, so I’m sure the answer was “partially distorts reality’”</p>
<p>If I am thinking of the right portion of the passage (in or around the introduction), I thought the author was referring to the artwork.</p>
<p>Besides the “partially distorts reality” choice, was there one about “being a complete reality”?</p>
<p>"His work routine was the same for each church, and the show demonstrates it step by step. First, he made highly detailed on-the-spot sketches of a building, including close-ups of specific features. Later, in the studio, he converted these studies into more polished drawings, adjusting perspective and scale. Still later – in some cases a quarter century later – he turned these drawings into paintings.</p>
<p>Few buildings, at least before photography, were observed with more passionate care. In his on-site drawings, Saenredam seems intent on getting every last little thing down, with epic results. Whole architectural histories can be read in the structural particulars he drew, civic histories in tomb inscriptions he transcribed, histories of religion and fashion in the ornaments he rendered."
It has to do with him painting realistic images, the author wasn’t saying anything about cameras or photos.</p>
<p>@shawn5454: The part about photography that the question referred to was actually around the first paragraph. I’m not sure if that’s what you were responding to (sorry if I misinterpreted!) but I concur that it was “partially distorts reality.” Stupid question, though. Had me in fits until I finally realized I was looking at the wrong bit.</p>
<p>@aarelle: OHHHHH thanks for explaining this to me! I was thinking the same thing as shawn and didn’t see the reference in the first paragraph. That makes me feel better.</p>
<p>BTW… why is this test the exact same as the October 2009 ACT? (Just Google shawn’s excerpt and you’ll see discussion from the previous date)</p>
<p>They tend to reuse test sections. I just got finished telling my 12 year old sister to make sure she starts taking the ACTs her Junior year.</p>
<p>I got a 34 on the Reading in October. This one…not so much. It might be the only section that hurts my run at my goal (34). <em>sigh</em></p>
<p>The last two times I took it, i finished the reading 15 minutes early. Today, I had to fill in like 4 (and one of them was during science cause I noticed I left it blank).</p>
<p>Was one of the answer choices “artistically inferior”? (referring to all of the characteristics of the artist EXCEPT)</p>
<p>I put that ellegee.</p>
<p>I was wondering about one in the “Monopoly” section. The question asked something along the lines of the appeal of the game. I had the choices narrowed down to “Celebration” and “Chance at acquiring property,” or something of the sort. Eventually, I went with “Chance.” Opinions?</p>
<p>^ Wrong thread and wrong answer, unfortunately.</p>
<p>For that weird Native American one, what happened first? Her getting the parka or watching the seagull? I put getting the parka, but that was the only Reading question I didn’t understand.</p>
<p>ETA: Elle, I put artistically inferior. I was down to 2(I eliminated the meticulous one) and went with artistically inferior because I know on the SAT they would never insult someone(or some rule like that), so…yeah.</p>
<p>NickyNick, the passage said that her friend Susan gave her the parka when she went to dance for the President. Thus, getting the parka was the first event to occur chronologically, congrats on your guess. :)</p>
<p>@ACTTester: My apologies; you are correct on both accounts. I’ve made note of that problem in the English thread.</p>
<p>I just went through most of the pages in this thread and I really find it funny how I can’t be 100% sure what the right answers are unlike the other section discussions where the answers are obvious because everyone here has a different answer. This is kinda amusing, either there’s going to be a lot of people raped by this section or just the really hard questions are being discussed. Or both.</p>
<p>few simple questions.
1st passage with the lady and seagulls
<p>3rd passage
<p>4th passage
<ol>
<li> She got the parka first. She would have needed it in order to dance for the President in D.C.</li>
<li> Correct.</li>
<li> Correct; she invented a dance.</li>
<li><p>Correct. I had it narrowed down to that and “location of the house in relation to water.” A bit of skimming led me to a sentence about her beachfront property. Done.</p></li>
<li><p>Correct.</p></li>
<li><p>I think I answered that palms were more likely to be endangered in Hawaii. I’m having some trouble remembering this one, though.</p></li>
<li><p>Correct. The consensus in this thread has been strongly in favor of that answer.</p></li>
</ol>
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<p>You are correct, they are more endangered in Hawaii. (Due to several factors, such as humanity’s influence or creatures like goats and rats.)</p>
<p>oh yeah sorry , i meant less likely to be endangered due to the diversity of palms in the mainland. YES!</p>
<p>yea but the parka was attached with the sea gull dance routine, so isn’t that technically wrong because she performed the routine all the way in the end? Or did she perform that same routine for the president?</p>