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ID: 1d6e96f3
For a 2020 exhibition, photographer and neurobiologist Okunola Jeyifous ______ a series of new images
based on a series of alphabet posters from the 1970s known as the “Black ABCs,” which featured Black
children from Chicago. Jeyifous photographed the now-adult models and layered the photos over magnified
images of the models’ cells, resulting in what he called “micro and macro portraiture.”

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. validated

B. created

C. challenged

D. restored
Question ID 101e69de
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The following text is from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby.

[Jay Gatsby] was balancing himself on the dashboard of his car with that resourcefulness of movement
that is so peculiarly American—that comes, I suppose, with the absence of lifting work in youth and, even
more, with the formless grace of our nervous, sporadic games. This quality was continually breaking
through his punctilious manner in the shape of restlessness.

As used in the text, what does the word “quality” most nearly mean?

A. Standard

B. Prestige

C. Characteristic

D. Accomplishment
Question ID cba8812e
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SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Text Structure and Medium
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ID: cba8812e
Generally it takes Tule geese about four days to migrate south for the winter. From their summer breeding
grounds in Cook Inlet, Alaska, the birds begin by flying over the Gulf of Alaska, keeping about 100 miles from
the Canadian shore. They pause to rest on the Pacific Ocean, then fly toward Summer Lake, Oregon, before
finally arriving at their winter destination of Sacramento Valley, California. In 2020, however, it took the geese
over twice as long to make their way from Cook Inlet to Sacramento Valley. According to researchers, the
reason was airborne pollutants.

Which choice best states the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?
A. It illustrates a change in Tule geese’s usual flight behavior.

B. It suggests an explanation for why Tule geese breed in Alaska.

C. It describes part of the Tule geese’s typical winter migration journey.

D. It compares Tule geese to other birds that migrate south for the winter.
Question ID ff19c9d6
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ID: ff19c9d6
The percentage of US forest land that a 2023 federal report identified as being either mature or old growth
exceeds other recent estimates. Given how little ______ there is among scientists regarding the scope of
these categories, this discrepancy shouldn’t be surprising: forest researchers regularly dispute one another’s
classifications.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

A. deliberation

B. vigilance

C. interest

D. consensus
Question ID 362e987f
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SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Cross-Text Medium

Connections

ID: 362e987f

Text 1
In a study of the benefits of having free time, Marissa Sharif found that the reported sense of life satisfaction
tended to plateau when participants had two hours of free time per day and actually began to fall when they
had five hours of free time per day. After further research, Sharif concluded that this dip in life satisfaction
mainly occurred when individuals spent all their free time unproductively, such as by watching TV or playing
games.

Text 2
Psychologist James Maddux cautions against suggesting an ideal amount of free time. The human desire
for both free time and productivity is universal, but Maddux asserts that individuals have unique needs for life
satisfaction. Furthermore, he points out that there is no objective definition for what constitutes productivity;
reading a book might be considered a productive activity by some, but idleness by others.

Based on the texts, how would Maddux (Text 2) most likely respond to the conclusion Sharif (Text 1) reached
after her further research?

A. By acknowledging that free time is more likely to enhance life satisfaction when it is spent productively
than when it is spent unproductively

B. By challenging the reasoning in Text 1, as it has not been proved that productivity commonly contributes
to individuals’ life satisfaction

C. By warning against making an overly broad assumption, as there is no clear consensus in distinguishing
between productive and unproductive activities

D. By claiming that the specific activities named in Text 1 are actually examples of productive activities
rather than unproductive ones
Question ID 6d458a07
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ID: 6d458a07
Some researchers believe that the genes that enable groundhogs and certain other mammals to hibernate
through the winter by slowing their breathing and heart rates and lowering their body temperature may be
______ in humans: present yet having essentially no effect on our bodily processes.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

A. decisive

B. lacking

C. variable

D. dormant
Question ID dac47b83
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ID: dac47b83
Stephen Hannock’s luminous landscape paintings are appealing to viewers but have elicited little
commentary from contemporary critics, a phenomenon that may be due to the very fact that the paintings
seem so ______. Many critics focus their attention on art that is cryptic or overtly challenging.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. innovative

B. subversive

C. profound

D. accessible
Question ID 1a44da89
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SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Cross-Text Medium

Connections

ID: 1a44da89

Text 1
A tiny, unusual fossil in a piece of 99-million-year-old amber is of the extinct species Oculudentavis
khaungraae. The O. khaungraae fossil consists of a rounded skull with a thin snout and a large eye socket.
Because these features look like they are avian, or related to birds, researchers initially thought that the fossil
might be the smallest avian dinosaur ever found.

Text 2
Paleontologists were excited to discover a second small fossil that is similar to the strange O. khaungraae
fossil but has part of the lower body along with a birdlike skull. Detailed studies of both fossils revealed
several traits that are found in lizards but not in dinosaurs or birds. Therefore, paleontologists think the two
creatures were probably unusual lizards, even though the skulls looked avian at first.

Based on the texts, what would the paleontologists in Text 2 most likely say about the researchers’ initial
thought in Text 1?
A. It is understandable because the fossil does look like it could be related to birds, even though O.
khaungraae is probably a lizard.

B. It is confusing because it isn’t clear what caused the researchers to think that O. khaungraae might be
related to birds.

C. It is flawed because the researchers mistakenly assumed that O. khaungraae must be a lizard.

D. It is reasonable because the O. khaungraae skull is about the same size as the skull of the second fossil
but is shaped differently.
Question ID fd0c38e6
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ID: fd0c38e6
Text 1
Stage lighting theorist Adolphe Appia was perhaps the first to argue that light must be considered alongside
all the various elements of a stage to create a single, unified performance. Researcher Kelly Bremner,
however, has noted that Appia lacked technical expertise in the use of light in the theater. As a result of
Appia’s inexperience, Bremner argues, Appia’s theory of light called for lighting practices that weren’t possible
until after the advent of electricity around 1881.

Text 2
Adolphe Appia was not an amateur in the practice of lighting. Instead, it is precisely his exposure to lighting
techniques at the time that contributed to his theory on the importance of light. When working as an
apprentice for a lighting specialist in his youth, Appia observed the use of portable lighting devices that could
be operated by hand. This experience developed his understanding of what was possible in the coordination
of elements on the stage.

Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to the claim about Appia’s level of
technical expertise made by Bremner in Text 1?
A. Many lighting technicians dismissed Appia’s ideas about light on the stage.

B. Appia likely gained a level of technical expertise during his time as an apprentice.

C. Theater practitioners who worked with Appia greatly admired his work.

D. Appia was unfamiliar with the use of music and sound in theater.
Question ID 5c9c3bca
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SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Words in Context Medium

ID: 5c9c3bca
Mineralogical differences are detectable in samples collected from two locations on the near-Earth asteroid
Ryugu, but such differences may not indicate substantial compositional variations in the asteroid.
Cosmochemist Kazuhide Nagashima and colleagues note that at the small scale of the samples, the
distribution of minerals is unlikely to be ______.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
A. neglected

B. redundant

C. ongoing

D. uniform
Question ID 99022257
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SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Text Structure and Medium
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ID: 99022257
Archeological excavation of Market Street Chinatown, a nineteenth-century Chinese American community in
San Jose, California, provided the first evidence that Asian food products were imported to the United States
in the 1800s: bones from a freshwater fish species native to Southeast Asia. Jinshanzhuang—Hong Kong–
based import/export firms—likely coordinated the fish’s transport from Chinese-operated fisheries in Vietnam
and Malaysia to North American markets. This route reveals the (often overlooked) multinational dimensions
of the trade networks linking Chinese diaspora communities.

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?
A. It explains why efforts to determine the country of origin of the items mentioned in the previous sentence
remain inconclusive.

B. It provides information that helps support a claim about a discovery’s significance that is presented in the
following sentence.

C. It traces the steps that were taken to locate and recover the objects that are described in the previous
sentence.

D. It outlines a hypothesis that additional evidence discussed in the following sentence casts some doubt
on.
Question ID d1f9725e
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ID: d1f9725e
The people of medieval Europe have traditionally been seen as uninterested in cleanliness and hygiene, but
modern research has shown that this is largely a myth. According to historian Eleanor Janega, most
medieval towns in Europe had at least one public bathhouse, which often offered both full-immersion baths
and—more affordably—steam baths. While such amenities were available mainly to town dwellers, regular
bathing in rivers and streams or daily sponge baths at home were common practices throughout medieval
Europe.

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion?

A. It asserts that in medieval Europe steam baths were more popular in rural areas than in urban ones.

B. It describes a limitation of earlier historians’ studies of medieval European bathing habits.

C. It concedes that not all people in medieval Europe had access to public bathhouses.

D. It explains why Janega decided to study the popularity of public bathhouses in medieval Europe.
Question ID 35bc6898
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SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Text Structure and Medium
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ID: 35bc6898
The following text is from the 1924 poem “Cycle” by D’Arcy McNickle, who was a citizen of the Confederated
Salish and Kootenai Tribes.
There shall be new roads wending,
A new beating of the drum—
Men’s eyes shall have fresh seeing,
Grey lives reprise their span—
But under the new sun’s being,
Completing what night began,
There’ll be the same backs bending,
The same sad feet shall drum—
When this night finds its ending
And day shall have come.....

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

A. To consider how the repetitiveness inherent in human life can be both rewarding and challenging

B. To question whether activities completed at one time of day are more memorable than those completed
at another time of day

C. To refute the idea that joy is a more commonly experienced emotion than sadness is

D. To demonstrate how the experiences of individuals relate to the experiences of their communities
Question ID fd7c6d0d
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ID: fd7c6d0d
The following text is from Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s 1910 poem “The Earth’s Entail.”
No matter how we cultivate the land,
Taming the forest and the prairie free;
No matter how we irrigate the sand,
Making the desert blossom at command,
We must always leave the borders of the sea;
The immeasureable reaches
Of the windy wave-wet beaches,
The million-mile-long margin of the sea.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

A. The speaker argues against interfering with nature and then gives evidence supporting this interference.

B. The speaker presents an account of efforts to dominate nature and then cautions that such efforts are
only temporary.

C. The speaker provides examples of an admirable way of approaching nature and then challenges that
approach.

D. The speaker describes attempts to control nature and then offers a reminder that not all nature is
controllable.
Question ID 44bce45e
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SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Text Structure and Medium
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ID: 44bce45e
For his 1986 album Keyboard Fantasies, Beverly Glenn-Copeland wrote songs grounded in traditional soul
and folk music, then accompanied them with futuristic synthesizer arrangements featuring ambient sounds
and complex rhythms. The result was so strange, so unprecedented, that the album attracted little attention
when first released. In recent years, however, a younger generation of musicians has embraced the stylistic
experimentation of Keyboard Fantasies. Alternative R&B musicians Blood Orange and Moses Sumney, among
other contemporary recording artists, cite the album as an influence.

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?
A. It urges contemporary musicians to adopt the unique sound of Keyboard Fantasies.

B. It responds to criticism of Keyboard Fantasies by some younger musicians.

C. It offers examples of younger musicians whose work has been impacted by Keyboard Fantasies.

D. It contrasts Keyboard Fantasies with the recordings of two younger musicians.

Question ID 950d740f
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SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Text Structure and Medium
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ID: 950d740f
The following text is adapted from Aphra Behn’s 1689 novel The Lucky Mistake. Atlante and Rinaldo are
neighbors who have been secretly exchanging letters through Charlot, Atlante’s sister.
[Atlante] gave this letter to Charlot; who immediately ran into the balcony with it, where she still found
Rinaldo in a melancholy posture, leaning his head on his hand: She showed him the letter, but was afraid to
toss it to him, for fear it might fall to the ground; so he ran and fetched a long cane, which he cleft at one
end, and held it while she put the letter into the cleft, and stayed not to hear what he said to it. But never
was man so transported with joy, as he was at the reading of this letter; it gives him new wounds; for to the
generous, nothing obliges love so much as love.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

A. It describes the delivery of a letter, and then portrays a character’s happiness at reading that letter.

B. It establishes that a character is desperate to receive a letter, and then explains why another character has
not yet written that letter.

C. It presents a character’s concerns about delivering a letter, and then details the contents of that letter.

D. It reveals the inspiration behind a character’s letter, and then emphasizes the excitement that another
character feels upon receiving that letter.
Question ID 815b354f
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SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Text Structure and Medium
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ID: 815b354f
Using NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Mercedes López-Morales and colleagues
measured the wavelengths of light traveling through the atmosphere of WASP-39b, an exoplanet, or planet
outside our solar system. Different molecules absorb different wavelengths of light, and the wavelength
measurements showed the presence of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in WASP-39b’s atmosphere. This finding not
only offers the first decisive evidence of CO₂ in the atmosphere of an exoplanet but also illustrates the
potential for future scientific breakthroughs held by the JWST.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

A. It discusses a method used by some researchers, then states why an alternative method is superior to it.

B. It describes how researchers made a scientific discovery, then explains the importance of that discovery.

C. It outlines the steps taken in a scientific study, then presents a hypothesis based on that study.

D. It examines how a group of scientists reached a conclusion, then shows how other scientists have
challenged that conclusion.
Question ID e07e1984
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ID: e07e1984
The following text is from Paul Laurence Dunbar’s 1913 poem “The Poet and His Song.”

A song is but a little thing,

And yet what joy it is to sing!
In hours of toil it gives me zest,
And when at eve I long for rest;
When cows come home along the bars,
And in the fold I hear the bell,
As Night, the shepherd, herds his stars,
I sing my song, and all is well.

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

A. To convey how engaging in song makes the speaker feel

B. To compare the speaker to a singing shepherd

C. To portray the speaker’s excitement about farming

D. To describe the pieces of music the speaker enjoys hearing

Question ID 720b79de
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SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Text Structure and Medium
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ID: 720b79de
In the Here and Now Storybook (1921), educator Lucy Sprague Mitchell advanced the then controversial idea
that books for very young children should imitate how they use language, since toddlers, who cannot yet
grasp narrative or abstract ideas, seek reassurance in verbal repetition and naming. The most enduring
example of this idea is Margaret Wise Brown’s 1947 picture book Goodnight Moon, in which a young rabbit
names the objects in his room as he drifts off to sleep. Scholars note that the book’s emphasis on repetition,
rhythm, and nonsense rhyme speaks directly to Mitchell’s influence.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

A. The text outlines a debate between two authors of children’s literature and then traces how that debate
shaped theories on early childhood education.

B. The text summarizes an argument about how children’s literature should be evaluated and then discusses
a contrasting view on that subject.

C. The text lists the literary characteristics that are common to many classics of children’s literature and then
indicates the narrative subjects that are most appropriate for young children.

D. The text presents a philosophy about what material is most suitable for children’s literature and then
describes a book influenced by that philosophy.
Question ID a7038ee7
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SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Text Structure and Medium
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ID: a7038ee7
Yawn contagion occurs when one individual yawns in response to another’s yawn. Studies of this behavior in
primates have focused on populations in captivity, but biologist Elisabetta Palagi and her colleagues have
shown that it can occur in wild primate populations as well. In their study, which focused on a wild population
of gelada monkeys (Theropithecus gelada) in Ethiopia, the researchers further reported that yawn contagion
most commonly occurred in males and across different social groups instead of within a single social group.

Which choice best describes the function of the first sentence in the text as a whole?
A. It defines a phenomenon that is discussed in the text.

B. It introduces a problem that is examined in the text.

C. It makes a claim that is challenged in the text.

D. It presents a hypothesis that is evaluated in the text.

Question ID d6b84972
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ID: d6b84972
The following text is from Joseph Conrad’s 1907 novel The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale. Mr. Verloc is
navigating the London streets on his way to a meeting.
Before reaching Knightsbridge, Mr. Verloc took a turn to the left out of the busy main thoroughfare,
uproarious with the traffic of swaying omnibuses and trotting vans, in the almost silent, swift flow of
hansoms [horse-drawn carriages]. Under his hat, worn with a slight backward tilt, his hair had been carefully
brushed into respectful sleekness; for his business was with an Embassy. And Mr. Verloc, steady like a rock—
a soft kind of rock—marched now along a street which could with every propriety be described as private.

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined phrase in the text as a whole?
A. It qualifies an earlier description of Mr. Verloc.

B. It emphasizes an internal struggle Mr. Verloc experiences.

C. It contrasts Mr. Verloc with his surroundings.

D. It reveals a private opinion Mr. Verloc holds.

Question ID 042d162c
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SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Text Structure and Medium
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ID: 042d162c
The following text is adapted from Susan Glaspell’s 1912 short story “‘Out There.’” An elderly shop owner is
looking at a picture that he recently acquired and hopes to sell.
It did seem that the picture failed to fit in with the rest of the shop. A persuasive young fellow who claimed
he was closing out his stock let the old man have it for what he called a song. It was only a little out-of-the-
way store which subsisted chiefly on the framing of pictures. The old man looked around at his views of
the city, his pictures of cats and dogs, his flaming bits of landscape. “Don’t belong in here,” he fumed.
And yet the old man was secretly proud of his acquisition. There was a hidden dignity in his scowling as he
shuffled about pondering the least ridiculous place for the picture.

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

A. To reveal the shop owner’s conflicted feelings about the new picture

B. To convey the shop owner’s resentment of the person he got the new picture from

C. To describe the items that the shop owner most highly prizes

D. To explain differences between the new picture and other pictures in the shop
Question ID 3bb49e6e
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SAT Reading and Writing Craft and Structure Text Structure and Medium
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ID: 3bb49e6e
The following text is adapted from Gwendolyn Bennett’s 1926 poem “Street Lamps in Early Spring.”
Night wears a garment
All velvet soft, all violet blue...
And over her face she draws a veil
As shimmering fine as floating dew...
And here and there
In the black of her hair
The subtle hands of Night
Move slowly with their gem-starred light.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

A. It presents alternating descriptions of night in a rural area and in a city.

B. It sketches an image of nightfall, then an image of sunrise.

C. It makes an extended comparison of night to a human being.

D. It portrays how night changes from one season of the year to the next.
Question ID cc00a8cf
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ID: cc00a8cf
Works of moral philosophy, such as Plato’s Republic or Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, are partly concerned
with how to live a morally good life. But philosopher Jonathan Barnes argues that works that present a
method of living such a life without also supplying a motive are inherently useful only to those already
wishing to be morally good—those with no desire for moral goodness will not choose to follow their rules.
However, some works of moral philosophy attempt to describe what constitutes a morally good life while
also proposing reasons for living one.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

A. It provides a characterization about a field of thought by noting two works in it and then details a way in
which some works in that field are more comprehensive than others.

B. It mentions two renowned works and then claims that despite their popularity it is impossible for these
works to serve the purpose their authors intended.

C. It summarizes the history of a field of thought by discussing two works and then proposes a topic of
further research for specialists in that field.

D. It describes two influential works and then explains why one is more widely read than the other.
Question ID 380dee07
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ID: 380dee07
The following text is from Charlotte Forten Grimké’s 1888 poem “At Newport.”
Oh, deep delight to watch the gladsome waves
Exultant leap upon the rugged rocks;
Ever repulsed, yet ever rushing on—
Filled with a life that will not know defeat;
To see the glorious hues of sky and sea.
The distant snowy sails, glide spirit like,
Into an unknown world, to feel the sweet
Enchantment of the sea thrill all the soul,
Clearing the clouded brain, making the heart
Leap joyous as it own bright, singing waves!

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?
A. It portrays the surroundings as an imposing and intimidating scene.

B. It characterizes the sea’s waves as a relentless and enduring force.

C. It conveys the speaker’s ambivalence about the natural world.

D. It draws a contrast between the sea’s waves and the speaker’s thoughts.
Question ID 50698bf8
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ID: 50698bf8
A study by Dr. Paul Hanel and colleagues concluded that people are more likely to behave politely when
listening to ideas they disagree with if they think about values before they engage in a discussion. Study
participants were assigned to one of two groups. The experimental group spent a few minutes writing about
one of their personal values before they had a group discussion on a controversial topic. And the control
group spent a few minutes writing about a drink (tea, milk, etc.) before their group discussion on that topic.
Hanel and colleagues found that the experimental group’s discussion was more civil than the control group’s
discussion was.

Which choice best describes the main purpose of the text?

A. To describe a widely held belief and how a study’s results support that belief

B. To argue that researchers were surprised by the results of a certain study

C. To suggest ways to improve a certain study’s experimental design

D. To explain a study’s conclusion and how a research team arrived at that conclusion
Question ID e816527e
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ID: e816527e
Today composer Scott Joplin is mainly celebrated for his catchy ragtime pieces “Maple Leaf Rag” and “The
Entertainer.” However, by overlooking his less famous works, listeners will miss the full range of Joplin’s
creativity. For instance, his waltz “Pleasant Moments” and his opera Treemonisha skillfully blend ragtime and
classical music. These masterpieces deserve as much fame as Joplin’s biggest hits.

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

A. To describe the similarities and differences between ragtime music and opera

B. To argue that more attention should be given to Joplin’s lesser-known works

C. To encourage music lovers to listen to music by many different composers

D. To explain how Joplin learned to compose and perform ragtime music

Question ID 5b71d7b1
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ID: 5b71d7b1
In 1973, poet Miguel Algarín started inviting other writers who, like him, were Nuyorican—a term for New
Yorkers of Puerto Rican heritage—to gather in his apartment to present their work. The gatherings were so
well attended that Algarín soon had to rent space in a cafe to accommodate them. Thus, the Nuyorican Poets
Cafe was born. Moving to a permanent location in 1981, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe expanded its original
scope beyond the written word, hosting art exhibitions and musical performances as well. Half a century
since its inception, it continues to foster emerging Nuyorican talent.

Which choice best describes the overall purpose of the text?

A. To explain what motivated Algarín to found the Nuyorican Poets Cafe

B. To situate the Nuyorican Poets Cafe within the cultural life of New York as a whole

C. To discuss why the Nuyorican Poets Cafe expanded its scope to include art and music

D. To provide an overview of the founding and mission of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
Question ID a0d54459
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The following text is adapted from Paul Laurence Dunbar’s 1902 novel The Sport of the Gods. Joe and some
of his family members have recently moved to New York City.

[Joe] was wild with enthusiasm and with a desire to be a part of all that the metropolis meant. In the
evening he saw the young fellows passing by dressed in their spruce clothes, and he wondered with a
sort of envy where they could be going. Back home there had been no place much worth going to, except
church and one or two people’s houses.

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

A. It illustrates a character’s reaction to a new environment.

B. It explains why a character has traveled to a city.

C. It compares a character’s thoughts about an event at two different times of day.

D. It presents a character feeling regret over leaving home.