Please Explain This Answer (CR)

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<p>The phrase "whose nature seemed to be all windows" in lines 27-28 suggests that</p>

<p>(A) Tyne’s colleagues all had different opinions of him
(B) Tyne behaved in many inconsistent ways
(C) Tyne’s true feelings were easy to observe
(D) Tyne did not appear to be a solid person
(E) Tyne always talked about himself to his colleagues</p>

<p>Heres the whole paragraph that the phrase is in:</p>

<p>There Samuel sat each day,
20 painfully tallying his data, his pencil
poised like a scalpel in his hand, frowning
at the gruesome but inevitable task ahead
of him. Dwarfed by a monstrous blue
suit, Samuel would finger the mournful
25 pre-war bowler that never left his head.
And it was such an earnest sight, such an
intimate window into a man whose nature
seemed to be all windows—people
wondered if he actually had a public self—
30 that he might have been the only man in
the world to claim vulnerability as his
greatest asset.</p>

<p>I chose (D) because it stated "that he might have been the only man in
the world to claim vulnerability as his greatest asset." So I figured if he claims he's vulnerable it suggests that he's not a solid/stable person. Is that choice wrong because its not specifically in 27-28. This is where I get stumped for CR questions...if its in the paragraph around the cited lines, is it fair game or not? </p>

<p>Here's another question I was unsure of:</p>

<p>In line 41, the word “familiar” is closest in meaning to</p>

<p>(A) common
(B) expected
(C) forward
(D) natural
(E) recognizable</p>

<p>The cited lines from passage:</p>

<pre><code> He was a fast and
diligent worker, with enough gumption to
use a little imaginative reasoning when
</code></pre>

<p>40 some economic nuisance called for it. He
was punctual and tidy, not overly familiar
with his co-workers; quite simply, the best
employee they had. </p>

<p>I chose (A) because it says "He was punctual and tidy, not overly familiar with his co-workers"...I thought that was saying he was punctual and tidy...traits that weren't overly familiar with his co-workers and thats why he was the best employee they had. </p>

<p>One more..</p>

<p>The description of Tyne’s job performance in lines 37-43 primarily serves to</p>

<p>(A) illustrate that Tyne enjoyed doing his job
(B) imply that Tyne deserves a promotion
(C) suggest that Tyne’s work habits are generally beyond reproach
(D) indicate that Tyne’s bosses will probably not discipline him
(E) demonstrate that Tyne’s bosses have always liked him</p>

<p>Cited Lines:</p>

<pre><code> What could they possibly
reprimand him for? He was a fast and
diligent worker, with enough gumption to
use a little imaginative reasoning when
</code></pre>

<p>40 some economic nuisance called for it. He
was punctual and tidy, not overly familiar
with his co-workers; quite simply, the best
employee they had. </p>

<p>Using Grammatix method, I disproved A, B, and E. Now down to C and D I didn't know what reproach meant - wasn't sure if it was positive or negative. I ended up going with D. On a problem like this where you get it down to 2 and of 1 of the choices you don't know what a word in the choice means, what do you do? </p>

<p>THANKS A LOT!</p>

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<p>MY SAT score</p>

<p>8oo CR
700 M
720 W</p>

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<p>C, E, C i think</p>

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<p>lol guys...answers are C, B, C, but I need for you to explain why the answer is what it is and aren't the others. :-&lt;/p>

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<p>I'll explain on AIM later. This passage kicked my ass too, lol.</p>

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<p>Hello! I know this is reviving an incredibly old thread, but I need help with these exact problems. The answers are C C C, but I just need an explanation of why they are (the CB explanations were somewhat ambiguous and confusing).</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>wait im confused, i chose C,C,C but parikhs said they were C,B,C. did i get one wrong or a hundred percent??? if you tell me what page it is and what book, i might be able to explain. ( i only have kaplan CR workbook and the new BB, just so you know)</p>

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<p>The answers are C C C. Parikhs mad a mistake. It is from the online course, practice test 4.</p>

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<p>well, ill try my best to explain this, sorry if its confusing. the first one is C becasue think about it, what comes to mind when you think of a window, something that is open, something that ohters can see through. since his feeling were a window, other people must have been able to see his feelings easily. for nuber 2, i put C because i thought that if you are familiar with someone, then you know them well, and very straightforward with them. and for the last one i put C using process of elimination. the passage doesnt say anything about bosses and promotions so B, C AND D are out. between A an C, there is not enogh info to conclude that the “enjoyed his job”, but C can be proved beacause his work habots are better than that of others , meaning he is the best emplyee, as in the last line. =)</p>