<p>The orbit of the star was the thing not describing the train, I think.</p>
<p>But this thread is making me anxious. I’m done reading it! When do we get our scores back?</p>
<p>Uh-oh I don’t remember the orbit of a star being an answer choice! :(</p>
<p>@ExceptMe: Yes! I put the “individual characteristics are almost by chance” one! That made the most sense to me. The one about individual characteristics being insignificant seemed a little too scathing and dismissive to me – it’s not congruent with the tone of the passage.</p>
<p>@jr5570: lol I put “nostalgic” as well… “admiring but skeptical” was also a possible one, and I kinda went like eennie-minie-moe on it… haha. But I chose “nostalgic” mainly because he was largely comparing the advanced technology (i.e. train) with the good ol’ days (i.e. horse).</p>
<p>Yeah, the one about the black woman is that she, like, values life and it’s all chance guided by outside forces.</p>
<p>And it’s definitely admiring/skeptical; those parallel comments highlight the good as well as the bad (“unwearied but not courageous” etc.).</p>
<p>One of my friends is adamant that the antecedent of which is feeling, which is what I put. Now I think we’re wrong, though.</p>
<p>The one that’s not describing the train is the orbit/returning curve, which is referring to the comet, not the train.</p>
<p>the one in the train passage that had the I, II, III, was it I and II? boston was a part of one answer</p>
<p>@jetscm4ev: I got I and II as well. It was the one about which shows contrast or something like that. I think the Boston thing was in the first answer choice, “petty” vs. “celestial” train was the second answer choice, and something about hot fire was the third answer choice.</p>
<p>For the South Sea question, I put correlation too mostly because all the others seemed wrong than anything else.</p>
<p>As for the Kid Jones, question, my answer was strong force. Although he reflects on the pain of the past, there is no apparent connection with the present and future. Rather, the music has the effect of a “strong force” because of the overwhelming power it has over him.</p>
<p>The answer for the train question is “admiring/skeptical.” He is not being nostalgic about anything- there really is no hint at the past. The comparison to a horse is an extended metaphor where the train’s movements and grandiosity are compared to that of a horse, not a reference to the past. The speaker wishes that the train were put to better use, so he is skeptical about its current employment, but his admiring tone is still evident in his language.</p>
<p>Oh and for the Zora Neale Hurston passage, with the question about the narrator’s focus throughout? My answer was something about how she was sure of herself but at the same time still subject to unknown forces.</p>
<p>^ i had the same answers for the last three questions you mention here. I had my doubts about the strong force answer though because one of the other options (can’t remember what) seemed possible too. Same problem with the Hurston question you list too. Can someone with a better memory help me out here? :P</p>
<p>For the question in the train passage that asked what literary device was used most, the two I thought about were metaphor/simile or exclamation/apostrophe, and ended up putting exclamation/apostrophe because there was a ton of exclamation and I thought the way he spoke about the train was sort of apostrophe, and metaphor/simile was too simple (I’m guessing college board thought everyone would put that) and I don’t really remember too many similes, but now I feel like I over thought it, what did everyone else put.</p>
<p>I remember that question of metaphor similie…
I looked at the first paragraph,
saw around 5 similies, and I put it as my answer.</p>
<p>definitely metaphor/simile</p>
<p>anyone remember any of the answers to the galatea/pygmalion and the one about the retiring writer?</p>
<p>@lj1992: quite a few answers to the galatea/pygmalion and retiring writer passages are on previous pages in this thread. </p>
<p>Another question from the Mabel play: How is humor primarily developed? Is the answer “through expected responses from a character and real responses”</p>
<p>anyone want to step up and make consolidated list?</p>
<p>@sakuraino That’s what I put.</p>
<p>I’m really anxious to see my scores.</p>
<p>So how did everyone do? (I know, there’s a results thread for all subjects, but Lit in particular?)</p>
<p>I got an 800 
Yay! Lit is so precarious I didn’t dare wish for it.</p>