PSAT critical reading questions!!!!

<p>there was one question like "when the other explains tha the inuits have 20 words about snow, he is indication what about language?" and I said that language and thought are connected</p>

<p>What was the question with the choice that said that the astronauts were really inventive in the language?</p>

<p>yeah what was that one</p>

<p>What was the answer to the question about the bilingual signs? In the calligraphy passage?</p>

<p>reticent.
fastidious/compulsion.
galvanized/insipid.
tepid.
paradox.</p>

<p>the once-upbeat party members....PESSIMISTIC?! i put dynamic/vigorous</p>

<p>I put like ebullience ...pessimistic or something. or maybe</p>

<p>Are you sure on complusion? I put obsession, I think.</p>

<p>I put tepid</p>

<p>tepid's right.</p>

<p>does anyone remember the answer choices to the inuit question? i also remember the thinking and language are related. any other choices?</p>

<p>oiseaurebelle, i put down inventive in language. that one was for 'why do subcultures employ jargon' or something along the line.</p>

<p>I think I put language and thinking for Inuit question. However, I think I put efficiency for the jargon one.</p>

<p>Was the exclusion question the last question for the astronaut? And which question was unprecedented events? The last one? Because I thought the exclusion question was a different question but I'm not sure.</p>

<p>im 100% sure unprecedented events was the answer choice for the last question. </p>

<p>hey can you guys tell me the other answer choices for the Inuit question? my friends tell me that the language and thinking could be a wrong answer.</p>

<p>also, is it glean or assume?</p>

<p>Glean for sure. What was the question to the unprecedented events answer?</p>

<p>why do space people employ jargon/specialized language was the question</p>

<p>What were the questions for the calligraphy? I think there were 9 including simple, arguing, punishment, harmony, bilingual signs, and what else was there?</p>

<p>Traveler:</p>

<p>Ah, the question about "provincial charm" (which was the answer btw). The inn for the person in the first passage was entertainment and he specifically talked about how you're missing a piece of life w/o going to a village w/ inn w/ a companion. The town in the other, though somewhat foreboding with its foretress-like structure still offered provincial charm for reasons that I have now forgotten. I did a lot of reasoning on this problem, and I'm almost 100% sure the only reasonable answer was provincial charm. foreboding was a throw-off designed to target test-takers specifically focusing on the fortress/castle description in the second passage. So yeah...</p>

<p>NASA:</p>

<p>language and thinking for the Inuit b/c I clearly remember all the other answers making no sense at all</p>

<p>space jargon was definitely unprecedented events. In the passage it talked specifically about Nasa applying words to bizarre, previosly unused processes/technology...therefore, unprecedented events. It was not exclusion b/c the author talked about exclusion and then said specifically that this was not the case for NASA. I remember it like it was minutes ago because I went through that exact thought process like three times. </p>

<p>Calligraphy:</p>

<p>simple - uncomplicated, because it was used twice and uncomplicated was the only answer that fit both times "simple" was used. </p>

<p>punishment was an answer for one</p>

<p>harmony was an answer for another because I specifically remember the word "balance" being used when the mother drew the brush strokes</p>

<p>another answer was for what the daughter's function in her mother's business was; the answer was like a editor in a publishing house or something.</p>

<p>bilingual signs was what the mother did </p>

<p>I don't remember arguing</p>

<p>Vocab/Random Passage Questions:</p>

<ul>
<li>intellect for the Cleopatra one</li>
<li>ebullience/pessimistic for the problem talking about the movement for political reform</li>
<li>impecunious for the problem about the donator or w/e</li>
<li>wrestler was devoid of ambiguity (uncertainty) w/e b/c of the stark contrast between good and evil described (which was devoid of the uncertainty between sides; in wrestling, you're either good or bad, no in between.</li>
<li>proponent for the champion one; although i got that wrong for a stupid reason.</li>
<li>compulsion for another</li>
</ul>

<p>I'll post more later</p>

<p>Additional Answers:</p>

<ul>
<li>gleaned; Ernest Hemingway gleaned something from traveling with an overly talkative companion</li>
<li>tepid</li>
<li>reticent</li>
<li>i think insipid was part of a correct answer somewhere</li>
</ul>

<p>Hollywood:</p>

<p>cornerstone was a fundamental element</p>

<p>derisive for the tone of slave to trends question</p>

<p>Photography:</p>

<p>tone of last sentence: regret</p>

<p>point of passage: something talking about art form and photography</p>

<p>BTW, feel free to confirm/reject these answers.</p>

<p>agree on most except i think that insipid was part of the political reform question, so you've sort of forgotten that question. i don't actually remember the question myself; it's just that i remember that the election question had the option "insipid" so i think you did that.
but otherwise i agree to everything.... uh, what was the reticent thing though?</p>