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45CHAPTER 14 / PRACTICE PSAT 4
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literature that is presented on the stage (line 11)
The passage says that Babbitt spoke well—
21. D
causes the viewer to [fall] easy victim to the illusion
and often—at these orgies of commercial righteous-
of reality (lines 12 –13).
ness. The events at which Babbitt spoke include
Annual Banquets (line 31) and a Booster’s Club (line
12. E
The author uses the term nondramatic in
54) meeting.
making the distinction between literature that is in
print and literature that is performed on stage.
22. A
The engineer in line 60 is an actual engineer
Therefore, the author is using the term nondramatic
who builds bridges or designs electrical work. In line
to mean nontheatrical.
49, Babbitt is speaking of the realtor as a prophetic
engineer, that is, one who fills the figurative role of
13. A
The moment’s reflection has the effect of dis-
an engineer.
pelling the illusion (line 13) that the play is something
real rather than a mere depiction. Therefore, the
23. E
Babbitt is trying to make the point that the
reflection necessarily concerns whether or not the
realtor must know his city, inch by inch, and all its
events in a play are real.
faults and virtues, and cites the surgeon and the
engineer as other examples of professionals who
14. D
The sentence is a response to those who
must have an extensive knowledge to be successful
believe that the fact that the . . . world of reality is full
in their fields.
of things . . . to which literature can only point with
words (lines 63 –66) is a weak or second-best thing.
24. B
One of Babbitt’s virtues as a real-estate broker
That is, the author is refuting those who believe
(line 9) is said to be his diligence (line 13), or hard
that literature is second best to reality, or less
work. The passage also discusses the superficiality
salient than reality.
of Babbitt’s knowledge in lines 20 –27, the superficial-
ity of his morality in lines 29 –38, and the superficial-
15. D
The final sentence states that it is the func-
ity of his civic concern in the final paragraph.
tion of literature . . . to clarify, intensify, and extend
the primary data of human experience so that our
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duller perceptions may be sharpened and our self-
knowledge extended. In other words, the purpose of
3x þ y
1. A
literature is to instruct us about our world and
11
ourselves.
Substitute for x and y:
3(7) þ 12
21 þ 12
33
Babbit’s morning is said to be filled with a
16. C
¼ 3
¼
¼
11
11
11
thousand nervous details that are interwoven
throughout the morning. This suggests a harried or
(Chapter 9 Lesson 1: Solving Equations)
hectic schedule.
2. C
There are 1808 on one side of a line:
94 þ y ¼ 180
17. D
The phrase a thousand nervous details in this
Subtract 94:
y ¼ 86
context means something like a thousand irritating
There are 1808 in a triangle: 86 þ 31 þ x ¼ 180
tasks and distractions. The term nervous in this case
117 þ x ¼ 180
Combine terms:
is being used to mean tending to get on one’s nerves.
Subtract 117:
x ¼ 63
(Chapter 11 Lesson 1: Lines and Angles)
18. E
The six ordinary shrubs are examples of the
(Chapter 11 Lesson 2: Triangles)
limits of his knowledge of landscape gardening (line
24). The passage states that Babbitt has a large and
3. B
This question asks you to find the 1996 price
complacent ignorance (lines 21–22) of such things.
of gasoline, which is 20% greater than the 1988 price.
p
¼ p
þ (0:20)(p
)
1986
1988
1988
19. B
The good advertisement is to speak sono-
p
Substitute:
¼ $1:25 þ (0:20)($1:25)
rously of Unselfish Public Service (lines 32 –33) and
1996
Combine:
p
¼ $1:25 þ $0:25 ¼ $1:50
other such moralistic principles.
1996
(Chapter 8 Lesson 5: Percents)
20. A
To Babbitt, it is impractical to refuse to take
twice the value of a house (lines 41 –42), which is to
forgo an easy profit.
4. D
The value of y after the line segment is rotated
158 counterclockwise is 458. The rotation has made
the angle 158 smaller than it was. It was therefore
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