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45CHAPTER 14 / PRACTICE PSAT 4
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B
B
Which of the following is an example of the
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The sentence in lines 25 – 31 (“They have even
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“defilement” mentioned in line 77?
been . . . a human corpse”) suggests that, in
certain cultures, the dignity of a human
(A) “scavenging wild animals” (line 27)
being is
(B) “contact with a human corpse” (line 31)
(C) “charms” (line 61)
(A) increased when the person dies
(D) “ancient burial customs” (lines 63– 64)
(B) secondary to the honor of natural ele-
(E) “the burning of bodies” (line 69)
ments
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(C) violated when the person touches fire
(D) greater than the dignity of natural ele-
B
The final paragraph of Passage 2 emphasizes
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ments
which aspect of the spirit world?
(E) as temporary as the person’s body
(A) its benevolence
(B) its immortality
B
The phrase “with their minds” (lines 41 –42)
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(C) its malevolence
suggests that some “present-day people”
(D) its omnipresence
(line 41)
(E) its wisdom
(A) are ignorant of funerary rites of the past
(B) exalt the concept of human dignity
B
The description of funerary rites in lines
(C) think in one way but act in another
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21 –31 accounts for the practices of which
(D) do not pay reverence to the dead
of the following discussed in Passage 2?
(E) regard all funerary rites with equal
reverence
I. the Calatians
II. the Zoroastrians
III. Queen Artemisia
B
Which of the following, if true, would most
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(A) I only
directly contradict the central argument of
(B) II only
Passage 2?
(C) I and II only
(A) Some tribes bury their dead to keep their
(D) II and III only
souls protected from evil spirits.
(E) I, II, and III
(B) Some cultures believe that the same
spirits that control the weather can also
bring death.
B
The two passages differ in their perspectives
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(C) Some cultures still believe that material
in that Passage 1 suggests that the primary
objects have an effect on the immaterial
purpose of funerary rites was
spirit world.
(A) to return the body to the earth, while
(D) Some ancient tribes used funerary rites
Passage 2 suggests that it was to return
to signify the dominance of humans
the person to the spirit world
over the spirit world.
(B) to pay homage to the spirit world, while
(E) Water can signify different things in the
Passage 2 suggests that it was to conquer
funerary rites of different cultures.
evil
(C) to honor the person’s worldly deeds,
while Passage 2 suggests that it was to
B
The use of the word “eventually” in line 54
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protect the person’s spirit from harm
suggests that the author of Passage 2 believes
(D) to signify human dignity, while Passage
that primitive humans’ fear of natural phe-
2 suggests that it was to dispel fear
nomena
(E) to honor the living, while Passage 2
(A) was not always connected to superna-
suggests that it was to honor the dead
tural forces
(B) derived from rituals
(C) grew weaker with time
(D) was met with a defiant attitude
(E) was
only
recently
discovered
by
anthropologists
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