Chapter 14 Practice Test 4 With Answers - Mcgraw-Hill'S Psat/nmsqt Page 40
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GRAW-HILL’S PSAT/NMSQT
C
dignity in virtue of his being human (lines 34–35).
In saying that scavenging wild animals [were
38. E
Passage 2 states, on the other hand, that ceremonies
not] held in honor (lines 27–28), the author means
and rituals (line 62) regarding death were contrived
that they were not regarded with honor.
to enact some kind of truce (line 60) with the spirit
world which early humans feared and to protect the
living from the spirits which caused the death of the
39. B
The passage states that these elements were
person (lines 67 –68).
thought to be defiled and dishonored by contact with
a human corpse (lines 29–31), thereby suggesting
that these elements were held in even higher esteem
47. C
Both passages indicate that fire is integral to
than the human body.
some rituals, such as pyres (line 23) discussed in
Passage 1 and the burning of bodies (lines 69) and
the ring of fire (line 93) discussed in Passage 2, but
40. C
The phrase with their minds (lines 41 –42)
also that it is forbidden in other rituals because
contrasts the phrase in practice (lines 46 –47) in the
fire . . . [was] thought to be defiled and dishonored by
next sentence to contrast what present-day people
contact with a human corpse (lines 28 –31) and
(line 41) believe with what they actually do.
because fire [is] too sacred to be put to use disposing
of the dead (lines 75 –76).
41. D
The central idea of Passage 2 is that primi-
tive humans devised death rituals to enact some
48. A
Passage 2 does not mention Neanderthal
type of truce with the spirit world, which they
Man at all, but both passages discuss reverence for
feared. If some tribes actually devised rites to
natural elements (lines 28 –31 in Passage 1 and lines
signify human dominance over the spirit world, this
74 –77 in Passage 2), scavengers (line 27 in Passage
fact would directly contradict the idea that humans
1 and lines 74 and 78 –82 in Passage 2), human awe
feared spirits and gods.
of death (lines 14 –15 in Passage 1 and lines 56 –59
in Passage 2), and burial customs (lines 21–23 in
Passage 2 states that primitive man even-
42. A
Passage 1 and lines 66 –68 and 76– 77 in Passage 2).
tually attributed many life events to his instinctive
knowledge of a higher being or power (lines 54 –56).
The word eventually in this context indicates that
primitive man did not always make this attribution.
Section 4
The defilement mentioned in line 77 is a
43. B
21. C
If a square has an area of 49 square inches,
defilement of mother earth due to the burial of a
then each side of the square must be 7 inches.
human body, which is what is also discussed in
lines 25 –31 of Passage 1.
2
Area of square ¼ (side)
2
Substitute:
49 ¼ (side)
44. C
This paragraph discusses those funerary
Take the square root:
7 ¼ side
practices that are used to prevent evil spirits from
hovering (line 92) or attacking (line 95) and to drive
The perimeter of a square can be found by multiply-
away spirits that have already invaded (line 99).
7 Â 4 ¼ 28
ing the side length by 4.
These terms suggest the malevolence of the spirit
(Chapter 11 Lesson 5: Areas and Perimeters)
world.
22. B
45. B
The Calatians and Queen Artemisia con-
2
Ã
p
¼ p
, when p is an odd integer
sumed their dead, a practice which is not discussed
Ã
p
¼ 2p, when p is an even integer
in Passage 1. The Zoroastrians, on the other hand,
2
Ã
p
¼ p
, when p is odd.
left their dead to scavengers, which is a practice dis-
cussed in lines 21 –31 of Passage 1.
2
Ã
Ã
Ã
First find the value of (3
þ 1
):
3
¼ 3
¼ 9
2
Ã
¼ 1
¼ 1
1
46. D
Passage 1 states that funerary rites are . . .
Ã
Ã
Substitute:
(3
þ 1
) ¼ (9 þ 1) ¼ 10
intended to express reverence for the person who has
Ã
Next find the value of (10)
¼ 2(10) ¼ 20
died (lines 11 –13) and that the common signification
(Chapter 10 Lesson 1: New Symbol or Term
(line 33) of funerary rites is that a human being has a
Problems)
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