Explanation for Question 10 From the Reading Section on the 2017 May Sat
Question 10 says the reference to Zeus in line 66, 2 mainly serves to do what? So let's look back in the passage for some 3 context here. And so we can see that this reference calling or comparing 4 this weed to Zeus comes after kind of the encounter. 5 So he's recounting his encounter. 6 It says midway through the first inning, the woman with us turned to me 7 and said, you should have seen your face. You might as well have told 8 us he was Zeus. I saw just what you looked like as a boy. 9 And then it gives us a little footnote about who's. Zeus is if you 10 don't know, it says in Greek mythology, that should say Greek and Greek mythology. 11 Zeus is the ruler of the gods. So if they're the ruler of the 12 gods, they're going to be held with a lot of admiration, 13 respect, pretty high esteem here. 14 And so you can really see the narrator's admiration for the 15 Swede throughout the entirety of the passage. And then this reference to Zeus kind 16 of solidifies that. So let's look at the answer choices here and see which 17 one has that element of like respect or esteem. 18 And so answer choice a says that the narrator held 19 the suite in high regard. So that goes along with that esteem, 20 respect admiration thing. So this might be, 21 oops, this might be a pretty good answer choice, 22 but let's just be sure look at the rest of them, 23 answer choice. B says to show that the sweet intimidated those around him, 24 B is going to be incorrect because intimidated kind of thro...