Take this Quiz: SAT — Information and Ideas, mixed set | Zestly

Question 1

Consider this passage. "The nineteenth-century painter Elena Vance was long dismissed by critics as an imitator of the French Impressionists. Recently discovered private journals show, however, that she was experimenting with light-refraction techniques years before her contemporaries in Paris, and they document a systematic study of optics alongside a deliberate rejection of the soft-focus manner her peers favored." Which choice best states the writer's main point?

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New evidence indicates that Vance was an innovator who arrived at her techniques before her peers.

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Vance was heavily influenced by the French Impressionists throughout her working life.

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The critics were right to describe Vance as an imitator of the Impressionist movement.

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Vance kept her journals chiefly in order to justify her choices to the critics of her day.

Question 2

Consider this passage. "Biologist Marcus Thorne studied the gray-veined swallowtail, a butterfly that breeds in the southern part of its range and moves north each summer. Thorne found that in years when spring temperatures in the breeding grounds ran about three degrees warmer than usual, the butterflies set out roughly two weeks earlier than they did in cooler years." What does the writer state about these butterflies?

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Their departure date varies with the spring temperature in their breeding grounds.

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They cannot survive a rise of more than three degrees in spring temperature.

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They choose breeding grounds where the temperature stays much the same all year.

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They complete their northward journey two weeks faster in the warmer years.

Question 3

Consider these results. "In a study by the Halloway Urban Institute, 60 percent of residents living within walking distance of a park reported high life satisfaction, against 40 percent of those living farther away. Thirty percent of residents in each of the two groups reported high levels of physical activity." Which statement do these results support?

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Living within walking distance of a park is associated with higher reported life satisfaction.

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Residents living near parks are more physically active than those living farther away.

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A majority of all the residents surveyed reported high levels of physical activity.

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Life satisfaction is determined mainly by physical activity rather than by access to a park.

Question 4

Consider this passage. "In his latest novel, Arthur Penhaligon follows a town through the closing of the textile mill that had employed most of it. The narrative dwells on the psychological cost of losing work, but it declines to present the characters simply as victims of circumstance, giving as much attention to their resourcefulness. It is therefore fair to say that ______" Which choice most logically completes the writer's statement?

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the novel is a bleak account of economic collapse and despair.

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the characters are defined by their inability to find new work.

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the novel takes a more than one-sided view of how people respond to hardship of this kind.

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the novel describes the closing of a textile mill and its effects on a town.

Question 5

Consider this passage. "Many economists expect the spread of remote work to produce a lasting fall in demand for commercial office space in city centers. Some urban planners take a different view, arguing that such buildings will be converted to residential or mixed use, and that property values will hold up as a result." Which choice best states the writer's main point?

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Remote work will inevitably bring about a collapse in urban property values.

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The long-term effect of remote work on urban commercial property is a matter of disagreement.

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Urban planners are overlooking the economic consequences of the shift to remote work.

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Commercial office space will remain the most valuable asset in city centers.