<p>yeah and the violin was being compared to a singing voice and the answer was like “it is being compared to an instrument.” I have no idea how i am remembering all this lol</p>
<p>The violin passage! I had it too! That must be the experimental CR section!</p>
<p>sucks for u idksilly, shoulda studied more so u dont need to take it again.</p>
<p>@Indian: Oh no, even if I do well, Ima take it again ahah. I’ve only taken it twice so far, so why not go for three, just in case my score goes up? Just one more month!</p>
<p>hey, does anyone remember the other answer choices for the sentence completion which the answer had to do with someone earning respect from opponents for being a CLEVER debater?</p>
<p>Neverstopsmiling - please add connoisseur, commoner, and compliant (after decades of oppression) to your excellent compilation (post 449)</p>
<p>OK - one more CR question:</p>
<p>Nuclear Power Paired Passage:
Wariness - attitude of Passage 1 author towards engineers and scientists</p>
<p>for the nuclear passage the answer choices were she “underestimated the cost” and the other was “they were tried and thus far found wanted” which are both wrong because the first one is not supported by the passage bc she didnt mention the costs and the second is wrong bc they were tried but werent wanted</p>
<p>Going back to the discussion of
(B)Personality vs.
(D)Political Philosophy,</p>
<p>I chose D because it was fairly obvious - even for those who might have skimmed over and picked out only a few words -.
But now that I think about the last paragraph, I feel like it was only the first 2 paragraphs that focused on Baker’s attitude and the rest is built up to demonstrate Baker’s complex nature. Also, the author talks about how she was first attracted to Baker because of the similar political view, but later on she is fascinated because of who Baker really is as a human. - recall when the author said "you gotta understand Baker’s weakness and strength, failure and success, etc.</p>
<p>So, I don’t know.
What do you guys think?</p>
<p>p.s. What did you guys answer for the one that had to do with"place of art in human life"?</p>
<p>Why are we still debating about it? It’s obviously political philosophy. </p>
<p>For the second one, I put guide to life because the artist said we took the thing with the detour was that it was looped back to life, and when we returned, we found our ideas/perspectives bigger… I can see the legitimacy of “escape from life” but it wasn’t an escape necessarily, just a trip to broaden your experiences with life…</p>
<p>not sure if anyone answered this but …</p>
<p>for this question:;
9. Alternative energy has been tried and found wanting </p>
<p>i don’t think it’s that one … it specifically said that they tried the alternative energy and it cost BILLIONS of dollars - he sounded like he was dismissing it.</p>
<p>So that would lead you to the answer “financial … something” (aka too expensive)</p>
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<li>Pretty sure #9 on the nuclear power passage was underestimating the financial costs or something like that. (talked about bankrupting California etc.)</li>
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<p>“Walking through muddy water is analogous to acting “apprehensively.””–Which one is this one? The correct answer WASN’T because there was like a great figure, right? </p>
<p>" Something about people being “irked”"–Which one is this one, also?</p>
<p>Also, do you really think, talking from his navel was a taunt?</p>
<p>I said it was a parody</p>
<p>i said taunt. he was taunting him because he was trying to provoke a response! (come on, think i’m too cocky? HA HA HA). that sort of thing.</p>
<p>parody? isn’t that to make fun of another thing, not person? like, a parody of a song…?</p>
<p>Taunt: Provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks</p>
<p>Parody: a feeble or ridiculous imitation.</p>
<p>He wasn’t imitating anyone. He was attacking the narrator.</p>
<p>I don’t think he was being serious though…</p>
<p>Parody, can also mean to mock.</p>
<p>I felt he was less attacking the narrator and more mocking him (like fonking on his horn)…
thats why I went with parody instead of taunt.</p>
<p>I thought the tone of the nuclear tone was caustic. He was very critical of coal uses. However, he seemed a bit reluctant to use nuclear power, as he acknowledged Three Mile Island and he referred to nuclear power as the only other alternative. He just didn’t sound that passionate to me.</p>
<p>Well, the overall message of the second passage was that people were tentative to use nuclear power because of disasters in the past, but they still should use it because it’s better than coal and those were a long time ago.</p>
<p>Taunt would imply mockery more often than parody, so it would be the “best” answer. There wasn’t anything to suggest that the roommate wasn’t serious.</p>