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<p>*Passage 1</p>

<pre><code> The detective story does not and cannot attain the
loftiest level of literary achievement. Though it deals
with the most desperate effects of rage, jealousy, and
</code></pre>

<p>Line revenge, it rarely touches the heights and depths of
5 human passion. It presents us with an accomplished
fact, and looks upon death with a dispassionate eye. It
does not show us the inner workings of the murderer’s
mind—it must not, for the identity of the criminal is
hidden until the end of the book. The most successful
10 writers are those who contrive to keep the story running
from beginning to end upon the same emotional level,
and it is better to err in the direction of too little feeling
than too much.</p>

<p>Passage 2</p>

<pre><code> I think what was really gnawing at Dorothy Sayers in
</code></pre>

<p>15 her critique of the detective story was the realization that
her kind of detective story was an arid formula unable to
satisfy its own implications. If the story started to be about
real people, they soon had to do unreal things to conform
to the artificial pattern required by the plot. When they did
20 unreal things, they ceased to be real themselves. Sayers’
own stories show that she was annoyed by this triteness.
Yet she would not give her characters their heads and let
them make their own mystery.
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<p>10 The author of Passage 2 would most likely respond to the statement in lines 4-5, Passage 1 (“it rarely . . . passion”), by</p>

<p>correct answer(A) arguing that this approach limits the characters’ development
Your Answer(B) denying that most writers of detective stories rely on formulas
(C) agreeing that strong emotions are out of place in detective stories
(D) conceding that great literature is seldom commercially successful
(E) concurring that readers are primarily interested in plot </p>

<p>11 Which of the following characteristics of detective stories presented in Passage 1 would be LEAST likely to be attributed to the “pattern” mentioned in line 19, Passage 2 ?</p>

<p>(A) “cannot attain the loftiest level of literary achievement” (lines 1-2)
correct answer(B) “deals with the most desperate effects of rage, jealousy, and revenge” (lines 2-4)
Your Answer(C) “presents us with an accomplished fact” (lines 5-6)
(D) “looks upon death with a dispassionate eye” (line 6)
(E) “does not show us the inner workings of the murderer’s mind” (lines 7-8) </p>

<p>12 Passage 1 suggests that Sayers would most likely respond to lines 17-20, Passage 2 (“If the story started . . . themselves”), by pointing out that</p>

<p>Your Answer(A) great writers seldom explore the range of human emotions
(B) detective stories do not address the consequences of people’s emotions
correct answer(C) detective stories are driven by the plot, not by the characters
(D) readers of detective stories prefer unrealistic situations
(E) real people often act in ways that are unexpected </p>

<p>Can someone explain the correct answers. I missed all three of these</p>

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<p>10) The main idea we can take away from passage 2 is that detective stories should not have real characters with real feelings. This is directly stated, “If the story started to be about real people, they soon had to do unreal things to conform to the artificial pattern required by the plot.”</p>

<p>Well, lines 4-5 of passage 1 complain that detective stories rarely touch on the heights of human passion. So the author of passage 2 would counter this by saying that the characters of detective stories don’t need real passion, because it forces them to conform to a logical plot. In other words, “this approach limits the characters’ development”</p>

<p>Choice B doesn’t refute the idea in lines 4-5, nor does it explain why characters in detective stories shouldn’t have real feelings. Also the author of passage 2 never says anything about how most writers would write, so it is also too assumptive.</p>

<p>11) This one is pretty confusing, I wouldn’t have gotten it right. I guess the author of P1 admits that detective stories DO deal with “rage, jealousy, and revenge,” so these qualities are not missing, and therefore are not part of the pattern which perpetuates the contents of choices A,C,D,E</p>

<p>12) Since the statements in 17-20 suggest that the characters are more important than the plot, the only reasonable counter-argument from P1 would be “The most successful writers are those who contrive to keep the story running from beginning to end upon the same emotional level,” in other words the plot itself is more important than the ups and downs of emotions displayed by the characters.</p>

<p>Choice A would be wrong b/c P1 never states or implies anything about great writers and emotions.</p>

<p>Also, did you type these out? Or if you copied/pasted, where’d you find them online?</p>

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<p>This was from the answers and explanations for the online collegeboard test #7. You have to purchase the “online study guide” from collegeboard, basically 10 extra practice tests after you finish bluebook.</p>

<p>And about your respond to #10, actually since it says “would most likely respond”, it doesn’t necessarily have to state anything about “most writers”, but it was wrong because the first sentence contradicts the answer, because the passage says that detective stories are FAR FROM Literary achievement.</p>

<p>Anyway thanks for the reply, I found this passage to be one of the most difficult. Maybe CB strategy to make us mentally down for the test</p>

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<p>Yea idk what I’m talkin about anyway, I got a 660 CR haha :confused:
hopin to break at least 700 this saturday</p>

<p>Honestly some of these questions are so debatable, I thought the AP Lang MC was much clearer. Got a 5 with pretty mediocre essays</p>

<p>but ah well, such is life</p>