1. In Passage A, the parenthetical information in line 19 and lines 21–23 mainly serves to:
2. Based on the assertion in Passage A that Luc’s "attitude about how people treated their pianos seemed to mirror his philosophy of life" (lines 25–26), which of the following statements would most nearly describe Luc’s philosophy of life?
3. As it is used in line 32, the phrase bit into most nearly means:
4. In the third paragraph of Passage B (lines 61–65), the author most clearly shifts from:
5. In Passage B, the statement that Lifschey “was not merely an excellent oboist; he was a great artist” (lines 44–45) can best be described as:
6. In Passage B, it can most reasonably be inferred that Heifetz’s response to the woman who congratulates him is intended to point out that:
7. In Passage B, the author most directly indicates that the violin is sometimes an adversary by stating that it:
8. Compared to Passage A, Passage B is more directly focused on the:
9. In contrast to the way the pianos are described in Passage A, the passage author’s violin in Passage B is described as:
10. Which of the following assertions about instruments is most strongly supported by details provided in both Passage A and Passage B?
11. Which of the following rhetorical techniques does the author repeatedly use in the passage as a means to engage the reader?
12. It can most reasonably be inferred that the author’s statements about the educational use of photographs apply to photographs taken during what time period?
13. Which of the following words is most nearly given a negative connotation in the passage?
14. Which of the following actions referred to in the passage most clearly characterizes a hypothetical event rather than an actual event?
15. Particular photographs of Goyathlay are referred to and described by the author to support his claim that:
16. The author most strongly suggests that one reason commercial photographers began to photograph Native American communities was that commercial photographers were:
17. In the passage, the author notes that a strange aspect of the photo of Goyathlay with a rifle is that the photo was taken:
18. The author directly refers to which of the following aspects of the photograph of Goyathlay in a garden as being ironic?
19. The author indicates that for the sake of an unbiased interpretation, compared to reading written documents with care, reading photographs with care is:
20. In line 86, the word framed is used figuratively to describe:
21. The fourth paragraph (lines 63–71) marks a shift in the focus of the passage from:
22. Based on the passage, the author’s use of the word “measuring” (line 12) most nearly describes the way that some desert plants:
23. Which of the following statements best summarizes the process by which the frog Cyclorana platycephala survives in the desert?
24. Based on the passage, which of the following plants and animals employ a communal strategy to survive in the desert?
25. The passage most strongly suggests that compared to the frog Cyclorana platycephala, the honeypot ants are unique in that they:
26. Which of the following provides the best paraphrase of lines 7–11?
27. Based on the passage, it can most reasonably be inferred that the scarring some seeds require before germination is accomplished through:
28. As it is used in line 26, the word extent most nearly means:
29. According to the passage, which of the following actions did people in the Negev Desert take in order to farm there?
30. Based on the passage, the pleats in the body of the saguaro cactus: