<p>I'm pretty sure it's 'provincial charm.' The author said the warmth of having dinner with friends in a small, close-knit town is the one exception to traveling alone. What threw me off was how he described the town as being in a state of poverty though. Besides that, everything else he had to say about the town was basically positive. How could it be 'foreboding isolation'? The narrator wants to go there to relax and unwind with his friend at the end of a long day.</p>
<p>BTW, can someone refresh my memory with the sentence with 'enthralled' as the answer? I seriously cannot remember that answer and I'm afraid I probably made a careless mistake in getting such an easy question wrong. x_x</p>
<p>Have read and carefully thought about everyone's thoughts on the following two questions:
1. Professional Decorator Question - Did paying a professional decorator suggest
A. an unfortunate consequence of a behavioral phenomenon
B. creative but somewhat unorthodox solution to a vexing problem
Now believe that I was wrong. Correct answer is A. </p>
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<li>Foreboding Isolation versus Provincial Charm - Question was: the physical descriptions of the town and the village PRIMARILY convey a feeling of
A. Foreboding isolation
B. Provincial charm
Provincial charm is consistent with the passage and with the thrust of what the author is saying. The author says that what he will have for dinner is the one topic that is pleasant to talk about. So this should send us towards a positive answer. The adjectives used to describe the town are old, walled, and turreted. These adjectives support provincial charm not foreboding isolation. The village is described as "straggling" with lights streaming the gloom. Note the village is not gloomy and therefore not foreboding. And finally, the author concludes by saying that he will take his ease at the inn. So once again we are lead to the positive answer - Provincial charm.</li>
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<p>Hoping like others that the scale allows for one mistake.</p>
<p>Here was the context for the "enthralled" question: person was enthralled with detective novels - she read them all. Hope this jogs everyone's memory.</p>
<p>Does anyone know when the College Board will post the essay questions and the sequence of sections so we can determine which section was experimental?</p>
<p>first off, was the genius passage in the experimental. and do people remember the last question of those two passages. it asked what ideas sum up these two passages. the only one that made sense was that passage 1 says a true genius is exceptional and passage 2 contends something i couldn't remember. other choices include passage 1 was lamenting over the lack of geniuses, and another one said that passage 2 said that geniuses were commonplace. thanks</p>
<p>If anyone can add to this list or correct it, PLEASE DO!</p>
<p>PUFFIN PARAGRAPH
1. Oceans are critical to the planet
2. Puffins are ENDEARING</p>
<p>BILINGUAL CALLIGRAPHER
1. Punishment - something difficult to master
2. Daughter's job is most similar to the editor of a publishing house
3. Both mother and daughter often get frustrated with each other
4. List of different jobs depicts the variety of the mother's work
5. Mother's description of how to write shows that she emphasizes HARMONY
6. In the description of how mother lectured during lessons, the word 'stuffing' in the sentence on how she stuffed her daughter's head full of lessons most nearly means CRAMMING
7. The word "unsophisticated" most nearly means UNCOMPLICATED
8. The situation most nearly similar to that of the athlete practicing his moves because his behavioral pattern is that of a muscian or someone practicing his work</p>
<p>MINI-PAIR: GENIUS
1. Too many people are called geniuses
2. Author of Passage 2 uses a word that the Author of Passage 1 would challenge
3. Author of Passage 1 would consider the description of the person's friend to be OVERSTATED</p>
<p>EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENT ON BEHAVIOR: PSYCHOLOGICAL ECOLOGY
1. Purpose of the first paragraph - a generalized thesis which is then supported
2. Most similar to "going thru" - going thru driving test maneuvers
3. Paying a professional decorator to find a better spot for a sofa - unfortunate response to a behavioral phenomenon
4. Dark side - lose flexibility in thinking
5. Wild idea - unconventional
6. List of teachers..students; doctors..patients etc - something like roles we unconsciously fill
7. SECURE = ACQUIRE
8. What distinguishes artistis? Tough question! It was something along the lines of artists always seeing the world in a fresh perspective
9. Passage is a thoughtful examination of a phenomenon</p>
<p>PAIRED PASSAGE: TRAVELING ALONE
1. PARADOX - "I am never less alone than when I am alone"
2. Stern would most likely support the statement in Passage 2
3. Hemingway would support the author of Passage 1
4. Description of different routines illustrates the PETTY differences between two people
5. Description implies PROVINCIAL CHARM
6. What Hemingway TOOK from his road trip...what he GLEANED
7. Last paragraph of Passage 1 acknowledges that there is an exception to the rule stated above</p>
<p>ASTRONAUTS
1. Description of Inuit language shows relationship between language and thought. I believe this was the question saying Inuit had like ten words for "snow" but one for "tree" and a simple translation of any of the ten into "snow" would cause the original thought to be lost in translation.
2. Author implies that there is more jargon than efficient communication
3. Description of astronaut jargon as "foreign language" shows that most laypersons would find it needlessly complicated
4. Different languages use the same words in different manner
5. Space jargon developed as a response to an unprecedented situation</p>
<p>I added 8 and 9 to the traveling passage and 10 to the behavioral psychology passage.</p>
<p>PUFFIN PARAGRAPH
1. Oceans are critical to the planet
2. Puffins are ENDEARING</p>
<p>BILINGUAL CALLIGRAPHER
1. Punishment - something difficult to master
2. Daughter's job is most similar to the editor of a publishing house
3. Both mother and daughter often get frustrated with each other
4. List of different jobs depicts the variety of the mother's work
5. Mother's description of how to write shows that she emphasizes HARMONY
6. In the description of how mother lectured during lessons, the word 'stuffing' in the sentence on how she stuffed her daughter's head full of lessons most nearly means CRAMMING
7. The word "unsophisticated" most nearly means UNCOMPLICATED
8. The situation most nearly similar to that of the athlete practicing his moves because his behavioral pattern is that of a muscian or someone practicing his work</p>
<p>MINI-PAIR: GENIUS
1. Too many people are called geniuses
2. Author of Passage 2 uses a word that the Author of Passage 1 would challenge
3. Author of Passage 1 would consider the description of the person's friend to be OVERSTATED</p>
<p>EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENT ON BEHAVIOR: PSYCHOLOGICAL ECOLOGY
1. Purpose of the first paragraph - a generalized thesis which is then supported
2. Most similar to "going thru" - going thru driving test maneuvers
3. Paying a professional decorator to find a better spot for a sofa - unfortunate response to a behavioral phenomenon
4. Dark side - lose flexibility in thinking
5. Wild idea - unconventional
6. List of teachers..students; doctors..patients etc - something like roles we unconsciously fill
7. SECURE = ACQUIRE
8. What distinguishes artistis? Tough question! It was something along the lines of artists always seeing the world in a fresh perspective
9. Passage is a thoughtful examination of a phenomenon
10. Adults were able to compensate for visual distortion because they were more experienced than children</p>
<p>PAIRED PASSAGE: TRAVELING ALONE
1. PARADOX - "I am never less alone than when I am alone"
2. Stern would most likely support the statement in Passage 2
3. Hemingway would support the author of Passage 1
4. Description of different routines illustrates the PETTY differences between two people
5. Description implies PROVINCIAL CHARM
6. What Hemingway TOOK from his road trip...what he GLEANED
7. Last paragraph of Passage 1 acknowledges that there is an exception to the rule stated above
8. Fitzgerald did something that annoyed Hemingway
9. The shy person liked to travel because he got to meet new people.</p>
<p>ASTRONAUTS
1. Description of Inuit language shows relationship between language and thought. I believe this was the question saying Inuit had like ten words for "snow" but one for "tree" and a simple translation of any of the ten into "snow" would cause the original thought to be lost in translation.
2. Author implies that there is more jargon than efficient communication
3. Description of astronaut jargon as "foreign language" shows that most laypersons would find it needlessly complicated
4. Different languages use the same words in different manner
5. Space jargon developed as a response to an unprecedented situation</p>
<p>i got those genius questions you have there but there is one more. i think the answer was that passage 1 says true geniuses are exceptional and p2 contends that this type of genius can be possible in everyday life.</p>
<p>Wow! Great job Stantonia!! Believe I can help sharpen the questions for the Mini-Paired passage on geniuses. The first question asked for the purpose of the opening sentences in Passage 1. The answer was that they provided a context for the discussion. And the final question can be shapened a bit. The author of Passage 1 lamented the lack of geniuses while the author of Passage 2 believed that geniuses are everywhere.
Hope you will add this to your superb list.</p>
<p>Hey, for question 3 in the Traveling Alone passage, where stantonia had Hemingway as the person most likely to support the author of passage 1, I thought it was another answer, like the guy whose work is mentioned in passage 2 near the beginning, believe it was something that started with an 'H' as well...</p>
<p>sunnyboy that isn't right. i remember putting that as my first answer but then i saw in p2 that the narrartor said that geniuses are few and far between and he was happy he knew one. he never said they are everywhyere. "few and far between"</p>
<p>I believe that Helthahir is right. It was hard to keep up with who supported who but I believe that the question asked who most strongly supported the idea of traveling with a companion. The answer was not Hemingway. I recall putting that Sterne (from Passage 1) most strongly supported having companionship. Do you agree?</p>