4. The sentence in lines 10-13 ("For years...other") mainly serves to...

C. Show that the narrator feels influenced... forces.

2. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

D. Lines 56-57 ("What...myself")

8. The question the narrator asks in lines 30-31 implies that...

D. Reaching the North Pole has no... benefit to humanity.

1. Over the course of the passage, the narrator's attitude shifts from...

C. Uncertainty of his motives to recognition of them.

6. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

A. Lines 20-21 ("Nobody...died")

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SAT Practice w/ "The Balloonist" Passage

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4. The sentence in lines 10-13 ("For years...other") mainly serves to...
A. Expose a side of the narrator... prefers to keep hidden.
C. Show that the narrator feels influenced... forces.
D. Emphasizes... narrator has prepared for his expedition.
B. Demonstrate that the narrator thinks... scientific manner
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2. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
A. Lines 10-12 ("For...moment")
D. Lines 56-57 ("What...myself")
B. Lines 21-25 ("Yes...will")
C. Lines 42-44 ("And...Stand on")
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9. As used in line 49, "take the slightest interest in" most nearly means
D. Have curiosity about.
A. Accept responsibility for.
B. Possess little regard for.
C. Pay no attention to.
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5. The narrator indicates that many previous explorers seeking the North Pole have...
D. Had different motivations than his own
A. Perished in the attempt
C. Failed to determine its exact location
B. Made surprising discoveries
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As used in line 50, "bearing" most nearly means
C. Yielding.
D. Enduring
B. Affecting
A. Carrying.
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3. As used in lines 1-2, "not readily verifiable" most nearly means...
A. Unable to be authenticated.
B. Likely to be contradicted
C. Without empirical support
D. Not completely understood
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8. The question the narrator asks in lines 30-31 implies that...
D. Reaching the North Pole has no... benefit to humanity.
C. People often travel... without considering implications.
B. The North Pole is farther... cities usually reached/train
A. Balloons will never replace other...transportation.
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1. Over the course of the passage, the narrator's attitude shifts from...
A. Fear about the expedition to excited about it.
B. Doubt about his abilities to confidence in them.
D. Disdain for the North Pole to appreciation of it.
C. Uncertainty of his motives to recognition of them.
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6. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
D. Lines 51-53 ("Behind...bedsteads")
B. Lines 25-27 ("All...out")
A. Lines 20-21 ("Nobody...died")
C. Lines 31-34 ("The...newspaper")
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7. Which choice best describes the narrator's view of his expedition to the North Pole?
C. Socially beneficial but misunderstood
A. Immoral but inevitable
D. Scientifically important but hazardous
B. Absurd but necessary

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