January SAT 2012 CR International Compiled List of Answers.

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<p>This is based on the consensus of all CC users from the December 2009 CR exam. Feel free to dispute any above answers, ONLY with an alternative interpretation/explanation.</p>

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<p>What was the artfulness question? And what were the other options?</p>

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<p>I don’t remember. But I didn’t put ‘artfulness’ down as the answer (To prove that I am not biased). I think it was how the author viewed the manga comic books, which she thought would be simple and stupid. The given choices were ‘intricate plot’, ‘uniqueness of style’ and ‘artfulness.’ I personally went with ‘uniqueness of style’, since it wasn’t similar to the stupidity and worthlessness of all other comic books, not necessarily more artful. But hey, this is what CC agreed on back in Dec 2009.</p>

<p>I also put a different answer for ‘overly sweeping.’ Can you remind me of the question?</p>

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<p>^ That question was asking how the author of passage 2 would respond to the author of passage 1 praising anime and saying that it’s a wonderful art form or something.</p>

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<p>what about the orcas passage? …do you people remember the two answers?</p>

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<p>Oh yeah, I put ‘justifiably complimentary’ for that one. The author of passage 2 stated that ‘hard fans always glorify what they’re fans of.’ Or something similar to that. So when the author of passage 1 states that anime/manga is fantastic and great and with value and all that crap, I would assume that the author of passage 2 would understand that this statement is justifiably complimentary, since the author of passage 1 is a fan of manga. This was my interpretation. What about yours? I don’t understand how it was ‘overly sweeping’.</p>

<p>The answer to the first question of the Orcas passage was “ability and memory.” Remind me of the second question so I can give you the answer.</p>

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<p>^ wasnt it sth like …hard to study …? …i remember the author said somewhere in the passage that it was difficult finding them and then large and heavy ships were used …and then they used to hide in holes etc(dont remember exactly) …can you provide an explanation?..where exactly did it refer to ability etc?</p>

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<p>@Fat_Nerd I don’t remember very well, but I think the author of passage 2 said something about anime not being ‘real art’. I can’t quite recall, but I think he mentioned a few negative points about anime so that’s why I chose overly sweeping.</p>

<p>Maybe I’m not recalling it correctly, but for the passage about the boy looking at stars, I’m confused about how the mother would be proud thinking that her son had ‘limited potential’… I don’t remember the other options, but I remember putting down that sh was disappointed or something.</p>

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<p>^ yes i am not getting that too…somewhere in the passage it was clearly stated that he had limited potential …though im not really strong at cr so not too sure…and yes i put overly sweeping too…if i can recall correctly the author of passage 1 was saying that japanese forms of entertainment were superior to those of america…the author of passage 2 didnt agree with this assertion</p>

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<p>can anyone please tell me which of the short passage(s) came in the experimental section.
was it the dolphins one?</p>

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<p>It’s about getting lost…</p>

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<p>getting lost? …can you please elaborate it?
i know the large passage was on chess/etc</p>

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<p>Actually, saeedajmal, he DID agree that Japanese manga is superior to American comic books, because Japanese manga appeals to a much larger population. However, he said that Japanese manga was not a profound art form like the fans wanted to believe. On the otherhand, in the beginning of the second paragraph, he made an assertion “Well, everything stated about Manga is wrong. Well, not wrong, but a faulty perception since all fans have a tendency to glorify what they’re fans of.” Or something along the lines of that. Now, we know his opinion on fans glorifying what they love. When he’s asked his opinion, on another fan who glorifies Japanese manga, what would he say? He would say that it is justifiable in its complimentary, because fans always tend to be biased towards their beloved art forms.</p>

<p>Regarding the lost explorer passage: (I think this was experimental? Someone please confirm)
The repetition of ‘lost’ refers to the author’s consistent same behavior in every different situation. He was lost in the mountains, he was lost on the road, he was lost at the grocery store etc. Moreover, he stated that he had a tendency to want to get lost. Therefore, this repetition means that his behavior was the same in every situation, regardless of the circumstances.</p>

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<p>Yes, but he was specifically referring to the lines that stated that it was superior. I guess you are inferring too much :)</p>

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<p>Oh, yes but wasnt that a long passage?
fat_nerd can you please put all those passages that came in the experimental
section ( i guess it was section 2)</p>

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<p>I guess I am, saeedajmal, and I really don’t have the authority to either, since I have a 650 in CR.</p>

<p>Yes it was section 2, but I literally remember NOTHING about the passages lol.</p>

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<p>@Fat_Nerd I see your point; I didn’t think of that though when I was taking the test. I think it could go either way…</p>

<p>For the lost passage, was him telling his friend ‘it was luck’ (can’t remember what it was) after he had gotten lost because he enjoyed being lost? I forgot the other options. And when he described the memory of being lost in the mall as ‘sweet’, it referred to ‘pleasant’, right? I remember another option was overly flattering.</p>

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<p>And no he did not! …he never said it was superior …he actually (in the beginning of the passage 2) clearly disagreed with those who say it is superior.
he just said american forms have some problems but he never said that they are inferior to japanese forms</p>

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<p>‘Sweet’ memories meant ‘very pleasant.’</p>

<p>I prefer to not discuss the purpose of ‘it was luck’ statement, because I pretty much have no idea. Or at least no idea that matched any single answer choice. In the end, I went with ‘unexpected benefits of something.’</p>

<p>You have your opinion, saeedajmal, and I have mine. We both are definitely biased towards each of our own opinions, since we do not want to acknowledge that we have made a mistake. Let’s leave the opinions out there then, accessible to all other CC users silently viewing this thread.</p>

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<p>thats ok :)</p>