Explanation for Question 33 From the Reading Section on the 2017 April Sat
Turning now to our fourth passage of the April, 2017 sat reading 2 exam, we are looking at question number 33. 3 This question asks in passage, one Henry states that Virginia differs from other areas 4 of the country in that. What? 5 So the only place that Henry goes so far as to 6 speak to Virginia, um, separately from the rest of the nation, 7 um, is in this paragraph here, he says, 8 disorders have arosen in other parts of America, 9 but here, sir, no dangerous, no interaction, 10 or Tom won't have happened. Everything has been calm and tranquil. 11 So his overall point in this paragraph is that there 12 is a real danger to this strong national government that's being proposed. 13 Um, and he points out that there really is no current disorder, 14 um, there in Virginia where he lives. 15 Um, we can tell that by where he says, but here, 16 so he's distinguishing Virginia from the rest of us, 17 from the rest of the nation. 18 Um, and so he's, he's sort of saying that in his experience, 19 there really is no, there's no tamale, there's no danger or insurrection. 20 And so therefore there's really no need to change the smoke government that is 21 currently in place. So let's connect that to one of our answer choices here. 22 Um, our correct answer is going to be choice a, 23 there is no evidence of civil unrest. 24 So what he's saying here, no civil unrest, 25 no dangerous, no interaction, no tamale. 26 So that matches up really nicely with what he's saying. 27 Um, he does not...