<p>If anyone has read Niceboat’s posts, I’m just posting to say that I got most (if not all) of his/her answers.</p>
<p>Evenhanded: P1 was saying that the critics have good points but that they need to come up with an alternative system rather than saying that electoral college is bad. P2 = the public needs to stop complaining about stuff they don’t know… know the RULES.</p>
<p>Sinister: Lot of debate here but I eliminated regal" b/c there was a line that said “hold court” in the corner or whatever. CB likes screwing with people…</p>
<p>Undertaking: Qualification means to make a claim more modest. I forgot the exact question so I’ll leave it to others to argue but I’m pretty sure qualification doesn’t apply.</p>
<p>How can it NOT be vital if the first sentence had the word ‘still’, which implied that the chest hadn’t been moved - it must have been vital. The very fact that the author took the time to describe it lavishly implies that she cared about it. I put down sinister because although the chest was dark, it was handsome - there was nothing sinister about it, especially to the author, who was familiar with it.</p>
<p>r4vzl3j9: yeah do u even know what VITAL MEANS??? in the lines given, there was no sign that the chest was vital if i remember correctly? maybe afterwards but…the chest was said to be dark. I think its vital</p>
<p>@twp: It was asking about the experience of being tossed into an unfamiliar jungle. I put revelatory because the author explained his feelings in the next sentence. (‘realized’)</p>
<p>what would the zongzhi one be the “praise” answer. im pretty sure that within the confines of the given lines it was praise since the aunt said something about it? im not that adamant about it though…</p>
<p>It was attentive to details.
Although she praised her daughter and granddaughter success, it doesn’t suggest that she was too generous with her praise.</p>
<p>During the whole zongzi making thing there were subtle parts showing that she was very attentive.</p>
<p>Re-edit: I was all =D!!!?! to myself when I was reading about zongzi, since I eat them all the time.</p>
<p>why wouldnt the zongzhi one be the “praise” answer. im pretty sure that within the confines of the given lines it was praise since the aunt said something about it right at the end of the given lines? im not that adamant about it though…</p>
<p>Vital comes from the Latin “vita” meaning “life”. Something vital is something that is so IMPORTANT that you CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT IT. </p>
<p>Now, the only argument I see for vital is that IT IS IMPLIED and stated LATER ON that the chest is very important to her, but nowhere in the OPENING PARAGRAPH does it say so. the opening paragraph DOES describe the chest as “dark” and having “tiger claws”, which is very sinister imagery.</p>
<p>@DDD: I think I put expectations, but I think I might be confusing my own experience making zongzhi with hers, haha. The way I reasoned it was that she called the experiment a success even though she had two novice zhongzhi makers. Not too sure though.</p>
<p>@ Dawgy: The anecdote made several references to the aunt’s (grandma?) careful, watchful attention over their cooking. It was pretty explicit in the lines itself if I remember.</p>
<p>For the Chaplin one, I put skepticism first but then changed it to neutral because I thought he was giving equal weight to both options (his father lying or Chaplin not knowing what to do). Over thought that one I guess.</p>
<p>yes i know what vital means. it didn’t ask if the chest was vital to the girl. it asked in general. vital at its most basic definition means life. through “gripping the floor” the author personified the chest giving it life.</p>
<p>for the zhongzi i got that the aunt was experimental, anyone else?
the author mentioned that she “carefully oversaw them” or w/e, but that didn’t come until the later lines…the question referred to the lines that came before that …</p>
<p>i thought the zhongzi one with the carefully was also in later lines, and i thought that CB was trying to pull some BS with the praise so I put praise since it was mentioned in the lines…</p>
<p>It quoted like 3 lines. I’m pretty sure carefully oversaw them was included.</p>
<p>It is definitely not experimental. I’m guessing you arrived at that answer because the passage stated that she brought new recipes with her every time she visited?</p>
<p>yes, but vital does not mean “living”, it means “necessary for there to be life”, so yes, while it doesn’t say vital “to the girl”, it probably means “vital” in general, as in “necessary for there to be life” for its surroundings.</p>