Explanation for Question 14 From the Reading Section on the 2017 May Sat
Question 14 says it's used in nine 20 faculties. 2 Most nearly means what? So let's look back in the passage here for some 3 context in the sentence that they're referencing and see if we can maybe find 4 a word from our own vocabulary or kind of better understand the context here 5 to be able to interpret the word faculty. So the sentence that it's contained 6 and says, if women is not permitted to assert a majesty of mine, 7 why for take your faculties with the labors of any species of education. 8 So this sentence is centered around intellect education, 9 things like that. You can see that with mentions of majesty of mind 10 and species of education. 11 So we know that this faculty is going to have something to do with 12 education. And if I'm thinking of a word from my mind, 13 or from my own vocabulary that I could replace this with and still maintain 14 the meaning of the sentence, I could say something like if women is not 15 permitted to a certain amount of state of mind, why fatigue her capabilities with 16 the labors of any species of education. 17 So let's look for answers in the realm of intellect, 18 knowledge, education, and capability. 19 So if we look back at the answers, 20 the only one that pertains to education here is going to be B. 21 We have natural instincts, which are just kind of 22 there, right? You don't learn natural instincts per se. 23 So a would be incorrect. If we look at practical capabilities, 24 that's going to be more like life skills you have versus knowledge. 25 And then if you look at granted privileges, that's kind of pretty self-explanatory. 26 Those are things that you're granted that you're given. So with all that being 27 said, answer choice B is going to be the only answer choice that has 28 that element of education or knowledge or anything like that. 29 And capabilities and abilities are synonymous. 30 So with that being said, answer choice B is going to be the correct 31 answer to question 14.