*OFFICIAL PSAT THREAD 2014 (US)*

<p>It seemed irrelevant or rude. </p>

<p>it can be interpreted as rude, but the reason the question was asked was impromptu </p>

<p>does someone remember the question for the CR answer obstruct … hinder? Also what were the other answer choices?</p>

<p>How about the comparison of tones (I wrote indignant since passage 2 is like protesting that something i wrong, while passage 1 did not say that directly). And the definition of simply could mean “absolutely”. (I really can’t distinguish between plainly and absolutely). </p>

<p>And merely is clearly wrong. H3e is not pointing out that there is more than that. He is “weakening” what he said before by putting “not simply”. Thus it is between plainly and absolutely. However, you know the college board might be “too literal” on the meaning of the word simply, so that’s why I put “absolutely”. </p>

<p>Don’t think too hard about the question. The quote right next to it, something like “exhausted her repertoire” serves more than enough as proof that she had to think of the question on the spot.</p>

<p>Does anyone remember that question at the end… Essay correction … It was about movies and length. I think I chose the option that said ‘Because movies must convey… Idk’</p>

<p>Oh… That’s why people are unsure. Passage 1 was about how one invents something because of his or her desires to improve things. Passage 2 supported this viewpoint because the person was inventing something that was not going to get her any gain or acclaim. She just wanted to improve upon delinquent technology to make people’s lives better. In fact, passage 1 never discussed necessity for inventions; as I said, it was getting after the point that personal motives inspire people into action.
This is what I mean by “debatable” answers. Since this is the last PSAT in the current format they may be dumping their harder questions for research purposes… Who knows, </p>

<p>wait I actually forgot what I answered. But I think I answered impertinent since I thought that it meant “not pertinent”, or “does not pertain to anything relevant”, which is actually a proper definition. </p>

<p>The interviewer’s questions is not relevant to the usual flow. (She is first talking about his skill then he immediately asked for his age?) That’s not something that they usually do in interviews, so it is “impertinent”</p>

<p>@mathgeek2013‌ It was merely. He states that it is “not merely x, but also y”, and he adds extra info.
It can’t be absolutely, because that limits it to only x.
Simply could work, and i had it down to simply and merely.</p>

<p>@1golfer1: That was definitely a poor choice of question. It doesn’t matter how good of a “critical reader” you are, both choices (supports and undermines) can be argued for.</p>

<p>it was merely. Just about everyone on the first google doc agreed</p>

<p>Merely doesn’t necessary mean more, it can mean that he meant to say something different or more complicated than what appears to the eye by reading it. Plainly or Absolutely didn’t really make sense plugging it into the sentence either</p>

<p>@1golfer1 NO. The first passage says that the root of invention is dissatisfaction of what is already made. It stated that necessity is not the root of invention. </p>

<p>does anyone have any opinions about the “merely” one? </p>

<p>I really want to go to college board and kill the one who made the CR passages because of the debatable answers. </p>

<p>D*** impertinent (yeah I meant dang there)</p>

<p>It’s definitely merely, based on contextual clues. I think the sentence is very idiomatic, so there’s not really any other way to get the answer than just sounding it out and replacing each answer choice in the sentence.</p>

<p>The passage does not say that. The passage says that "I am not simply saying that blah blah blah, but I mean that (something that qualifies his previous argument). </p>

<p>So merely is not the correct answer,because that means that the think after his “but also” would be supporting is previous statement, not qualifying it. I removed plainly because of the college board’s antics regarding making answer choices,so I put absolutely. Please think about it first. </p>

<p>how about the indignant thing and the impertinent. </p>

<p>I think that it would be a good idea to ask college board about this. </p>

<p>I’m really scared. There is pressure for me to get at least 220, but it seems lilike my score is teetering on the 215 range. </p>

<p>any score predictions for -6 CR and -4 W? </p>

<p>Uhmm sort of off topic to the questions that everyone’s confused about but…earlier in the thread, someone brought up a math question with children selling candy? Can someone describe that question for me because I really don’t remember it</p>

<p>@JuicyMango, what question are you referring to? </p>

<p>@schakrab, merely means “just,only”. Absolutely means with “no qualification, restriction, or limitation; totally.”, although he actually qualifies his statement in the next few words. </p>

<p>again, merely doesn’t have to mean there is more…it can mean just or explain that something is different than it appears</p>

<p>yeah the college board threw some really tough ones into the CR section. Maybe they were experimenting? Hopefully the curve is nice </p>

<p>The answer to the candy is 16. 28 candies is 3.5 symbols, so 2 symbols are 16 candies (ratio and proportion)</p>

<p>but why is absolutely wrong. The 2nd part qualifies his first statement, while absolutely means “without qualification”. </p>

<p>@mathgeek2013: What did you get on the math?</p>