<p>I absolutely remember that the aunt complained about the wife. I considered that part to be the centre of this topic. There could have been more complaints overall which I missed. But I am certain that the aunt complained about the wife, on whom she placed the blame for the nephew’s behaviour.</p>
<p>For the dragon question I put something about treasure, because in all the books they’re guarding some sort of treasure lol?</p>
<p>Insect corpses answer was given away by graveyard/cobweb/indelicate.</p>
<p>do you guys mean the dragon seed one? That one was obviously a classical allusion to the myth of Jason and the argonauts… soldiers called spartoi sprung from dragon’s teeth being sown in the ground, so it was generation of life… thought everything was way too eays but wouldnt be surprised if I got a low score. The poem about the country was possibly the toughest thing I’ve ever read. LOL I was the only person in my room left and the lights kept automatically turning off.</p>
<p>In my opinion:</p>
<p>the speech advocated cautious censorship
town v. country
the things hanging from the ceiling were insect corpses on spider webs
the husband didn’t consider his uncle and aunt’s emotions
books and dragon’s teeth both give birth to soldiers
the alcohol burnt off on the man’s hand</p>
<p>question: what was the wife’s attitude towards her husband’s request that she use his first name? was she accustomed to gender norms, or was it that “loving him doesn’t mean doing what he wants.” I went for “acceptance of gender roles” but I wasn’t sure.</p>
<p>I also selected an answer that said that Prakash’s attempt to change his wife was self-serving, in the Pygmalion question.</p>
<p>The test was pretty hard for me and I only barely finished. :/</p>
<p>The one about “loving him doesnt mean doing what he wants” was VERY, VERY tempting, but had no basis in the passage.</p>
<p>i thought that the attitude showed that she was unaccustomed to gender equality…</p>
<p>compiled list:</p>
<p>passage 1: satire story
- political satire
- only I. Perfunctory nature of guests
- Georgiana = tired and intimidating
- parents know Georgianas social limitations
- author has straight-forward mockery
6.<br>
7.<br>
8.<br>
passage 2: books what do we do with them - cautionary censoring
- would incite revolt/violence
- dragons tooth births generations
- vial = dilated version of the author
passage 3: Lady Blout passage - uses all pastoral techniques except
- city vs. country
passage 4: Tension poem about cold front
passage 5: Indian two cultures - between two culture
- husband = self-serving
- jasmine = symbol of what she would become later on
- wifes attitude shows she is unaccustomed to gender equality
passage 6: appearances passage - appearances = outside exterior of all people
- hand eerie because alcohol was burning off
passage 7: past vs. present passage - ragged objects: ?</p>
<p>@sprinkly - I put she accepted gender roles, too.</p>
<p>I selected self-serving as well, but was rather unsure.
I can’t remember the exact answer choice, but the one I selected did say something about gender roles.</p>
<p>Oh! What the heck was the first passage, with Georgianna? Did her parents accept her social limitations? Would she find her birthday tedious and intimidating/tiring?</p>
<p>self serving was the best answer out of them all, but still didnt feel satisfying… I dont like consolidated lists, they make me feel icky (and nerdy[er])</p>
<p>Any opinions on the first passage (Georgianna/the Podsnaps)?</p>
<p>Was one of the answers apostrophe?</p>
<p>Yes. I believe the apostrophe one was for the books passage. And it asked “This passage used all this stuff EXCEPT”</p>
<p>And for Georgiana, I put that her parents didn’t know her needs. Or something like that.</p>
<p>If it was an “EXCEPT” question (from the book passage, right?), then yeah, the answer was apostrophe. But if it asked if apostrophe was used, then no, it wasn’t.</p>
<p>Unaccustomed to gender equality! That was it.</p>
<p>ps I loved the cold front poem. It was probably the easiest of the entire test.</p>
<p>“parents know Georgiana’s social limitations”</p>
<p>I put something different, like they were insensitive to her needs but I’m not sure if it’s right.</p>
<p>for passage 2: books what do we do with them
10. would incite revolt/violence</p>
<p>I don’t think I agree with that. Anyone remember the question/other choices?</p>
<p>I put “insensitive to her needs” after changing it from “social limitations”, which I’m now regretting. But the Podsnaps seemed frivolous and narrow-minded, so it seemed logical at the time.</p>
<p>But it seemed like they didn’t even care about her. Insenstive seems like a good option</p>
<p>I thought it was social limitations because the author said something about her not interacting well and her parents being aware of this. </p>
<p>How many can you miss and still get an 800? 700+?</p>