Hi, I’m preparing for the SAT, and while taking some practice tests, I found a question that I could not understand its explanation.
(the passage for the following question can be found on pg. 31-32 of this link (or, as the page number goes, on pg. 350):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-SjC2QWxqXRWE9PcmZuOVpSOTQ/view )
- Both passages agree that Joan met with resistance primarily because of her (A) attempt to undermine the Church and its teachings (B) headstrong behavior and unwillingness to compromise (C) petty squabbling with officials (D) inability to continue to win military victories (E) refusal to accept the typical female role of her time
I chose answer (A) - although I wasn’t sure that this was the right answer, I did not see how the other choices made sense. Thus I used about 75% process of elimination and 25% actual reasoning. I tried to justify my answer by looking at the quotation “It became clear that she served God rather than the Church.” Although I kinda knew that Joan necessarily wasn’t trying to “undermine” the Church and that she merely held not so much respect for the Church, I did not see how the other choices made sense.
The answer, however, was (B). Although I can find evidences from Passage 2 that supports this idea, I cannot find any evidence from Passage 1 that supports this idea. Can someone pinpoint and explain how Passage 1 supports this idea of her “headstrong behavior and unwillingness to compromise” were met with resistance?
P.S. Since this test is from 1996, there isn’t any official answer explanation so far as I have found out. Speaking of which, the old tests used before 2005, contrary to what some may believe, isn’t completely useless. While the math section has entirely changed since 2005, the critical reading section is still valuable, except the analogy vocab questions.
Much help will be greatly appreciated. 