October 2009 SAT Critical Reading

<p>"that the qualities of artistic genius are not inherent to certain groups "</p>

<p>that’s what I put. so I hope that’s right. someone made a good point i think though in saying that it’s not that artistic genius isn’t present, but rather that it takes time for it to show up. this supports the answer “genius must be cultivated” why isn’t this right?</p>

<p>So i may have missed the admiration and imediately recognizable ones and probably this “impact on modern technologies thing”. i didn’t think that was the answer… I put something about how something 400 years ago predicted something? it seemed to fit better in the paragraph as a whole. idk</p>

<p>mabsjenbu, i think it was D or E, but i can’t remember totally, sorry.</p>

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<p>historically, the CR curve has been generous. 5 errors will cut 6 points off your total score, so 730-750 is reasonable. probs 750, actually</p>

<p>For the artist one, it has to be the one about the aristocracy and women having no social and economic motivation.</p>

<p>@stix</p>

<p>Was that choice E for the artistic genius one?</p>

<p>yes it was.</p>

<p>I had serious trouble with the Giotto-Michelangelo comparison.</p>

<p>Michelangelo’s tutor comes back and remarks on how awesome his painting is; the remarks stem from his admiration.
Similarly, Cianbue is so impressed by Giotto’s art that he offers an invitation to the young boy, out of admiration for his natural talent.</p>

<p>If both the remarks and the invitation arise as a result of both of their admiration, then isn’t there a strong correlation between the two?</p>

<p>And yes, I know that I used admiration twice, for those people who like to be captious rather than edifying. But I see a strong connection here, and no one else has mentioned it.</p>

<p>okey i have never taken the sats befor and im asking how many ppl did not studie befor taking it, and do u wish you did</p>

<p>andy- the answer choice has to be explicit. i don’t think you can imply that the artist will find something new by reviewing similar songs though i can be wrong</p>

<p>i hope it’s admiration but again I can see evidence for discovery. that really is a tough question.</p>

<p>for the daughter one, does not that criticize a behavior because the author juxtaposes the two things?</p>

<p>nd
wut were the answers to two questions bout mercator?</p>

<p>no, it was “explain a reaction” definitely
criticizing a behavior is inferring and you can’t do that on CR unless told to</p>

<p>It cant be discovery because michelangelo was not discovered, he was just that good.</p>

<p>Giotto’s tutor discovered that the lowly shepard is such a great artist. Michelangelo’s tutor discovered that Michelangelo, unlike what the tutor expected, was a better artist than he was. Thus it is discovery.</p>

<p>Chart
Entranced…lexicon
Compliant
Wry?
Admiration?
Inhospitable
Mocking? Or jeering?
slapstick
immediately understandable?
full time endeavor
women and aristocrat’s social position (I think this is the myth doesn’t take social context into account one)
rustic circumstances
recrimination
hobble
someone get grounded in for the rock one?
independence?
explain reaction
polymath
captious/edifying
satellite
intense/involuntary
Historical speculation?
genius is not a quality inherited in certain groups</p>

<p>Updated list: (taken from dozen pages ago) I dare not look upon the list myself.</p>

<p>Vocab
Inhospitable
Entranced…lexicon
Hobble
Synthesized… Crystallized
Polymath
captious… edifying
satellite
slapstick
recrimination
defiant… reinforced</p>

<p>Chart
Compliant
Wry?
Admiration?
Mocking? Or jeering?
immediately understandable?
full time endeavor
women and aristocrat’s social position
rustic circumstances
independence?
explain reaction?
surprised the work is finished?
intense and involuntary?
singer listening to a similar song?
title - feast?
native americans- important to everyday life
worth to obtain
usefulness in modern technology
genius is not specific to a type of people</p>

<p>what was the question for “women and aristocrat’s social position”</p>

<p>also, is the consensus mocking (instead of jeering)</p>

<p>Im still mad about that one</p>

<p>what question is the satellite one</p>

<p>I didn’t put “surprised the work was finished” I put anxious about his new situation or something. But now, in retrospect, I guess it could be wrong. I reasoned that he expected the work to be finished, but didn’t expect his response to the product of his work.</p>

<p>what question is “genius is not specific to a type of people”</p>

<p>for the second to last artist one, B makes the most sense (genius has to be developed to be valuable or w/e). </p>

<p>reason: the passage was talking about how people like women and aristocrats don’t have the time to devote themselves to art, not that they can’t develop their skill if they have talent; even if they like art or are exposed to it, their other social obligations prevent their talent from developing. the only genius that produces “great artists” is developed in young, poor boys by patrons, so genius only flourishes when cultivated. </p>

<p>that said, i had experimental CR, and i was wondering if anyone w/o experimental CR had a vocab question involving the answer choices “macabre” and “protean”? I know the answer’s protean, but i’m checking to see if that answer counts. </p>

<p>also, on the artist passage, were the last and third to last answers both E?</p>