<p>Post away!</p>
<p>WH was a lot less unpleasant than I thought it would be.</p>
<p>Really? I thought it was much more tedious than US history which I took two months ago.</p>
<p>For the first question (about the polis), was the answer a) common marketplace or e) city-state with surrounding areas?</p>
<p>I'm wondering about the legal disclaimer given by the proctor before the administration of the test. The directions stated that testees were not permitted to discuss what was on the test through any medium, specifically including "the internet" (a nod to CC, no doubt ;-)). There was no time window attached, and I don't recall hearing this warning the last time I took an SAT subject test. Is this a new policy or am I just forgetting?</p>
<p>Considering how exceptionally seriously the College Board takes disclosure of AP test questions, however, I wonder about whether they're taking disclosure of SAT questions more seriously now.</p>
<p>Of course, if I'm just forgetful and that verbal warning has been the norm for a while, then this is presumably a moot issue.</p>
<p>I love the Paintings ...</p>
<p>^:).......</p>
<p>Is 8 wrongs gonna get a 800?</p>
<p>According to the CB's old scale from real SAT IIs, a raw score of 85/95 would get an 800. I think the scale changed though :-(.</p>
<p>Eight questions wrong and everything else correct gives you a raw score of 85. According to the 1996 conversion</a> table, that's the equivalent of an 800.</p>
<p>However, as I noted in the above link, the 1996 curve may not be completely applicable to today's test (form 4BCB6); take it with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>In any case, the polis, the basic political unit (polity) of ancient Greece, was the city-state and its surrounding territory.</p>
<p>Uh... General Rak, are you a professional test-taker or something?</p>
<p>Yes; I work for ETS and spend my days obsessively pouring over psychometrics journals.</p>
<p>Actually, I just have an great interest in psychometrics, statistics, and testing. Since I'm in the middle of taking so many of these tests, furthermore, I make it a point to be extremely well informed.</p>
<p>maybe a history lover? :)</p>
<p>I just couldn't help but notice that he has a conversion table complete with reliability coefficient on hand.</p>
<p>Hmm...Seems like not too many people took the test. :(</p>
<p>I come prepared. Always. :)</p>
<p>Anyone have questions about the test? I can pretty much answer any.</p>
<p>What were the answers to the Metternich question, the British industrialization question (what didn't contribute etc. or something), and the question about British contributions to India?</p>
<p>The Habsburg Domains (Austria), Prussia, and Russia were the chief enforcers of the Metternich system. Russia under Nicholas I was even known as the gendarme of Europe.</p>
<p>The factor that didn't contribute to British industrialization in the 18th century was, I believe, large government subsidies. The others were correct, and I think most of the funding for industrialization came from the capital markets.</p>
<p>The British certainly didn't build-up India's textile industry. They destroyed it, in fact, by flooding the country with low-priced British textiles.</p>
<p>stuff that i still remember:the ridiculous sculpture "venus of willendorf", which country did the mongols NOT invade, mahayana vs.theravada buddhism, the guernica painting, something about the arab-israeli war, the mau mau revolution?, the aztec/ottoman comparison question yatta yatta. those i left blank or got wrong :(</p>
<p>immajap88,</p>
<p>The only question I omitted was about the sculpture, because I had no idea whatsoever what the answer was.</p>
<p>The Mongols tried (twice) to invade Japan, but were unable to because of the *kamikaze<a href="divine%20winds">/i</a>.</p>
<p>Theravada Buddhism is the strict form of Buddhism. In the context of the question, Mahayana Buddhism emphasizes personal salvation more.</p>
<p>Guernica was painted by Picasso, one of the most prominent cubists.</p>
<p>Israel occupied parts of various Arab countries after the 1967 war.</p>
<p>The Mau Mau was the only violent insurgency listed among the five.</p>
<p>I believe the Aztecs and Ottomans were both nomads that captured and came into control of previously urbanized areas (although I'm not completely sure about this one).</p>
<p>What was the answer to the Muslim army question? a) superior numbers b) Arabian peninsular was furtile , etc, etc.</p>