Explanation for Question 19 From the Reading Section on the 2017 May Sat
Question 19 says in line 53, the author includes the exclamation most likely to 2 do what? So let's look back at line 53 here, 3 see what this exclamation is and see what it's made in reference to. 4 And then we can go about answering this question so we can see here 5 that the exclamation is central egotists. 6 So you can see already off the bat that has a very negative vibe 7 to it, right? If you're calling someone an egotist, you're probably not a great 8 fan of that person. If we look at what it's made in reference to, 9 we can start in line 49 with the sentence before it says, 10 man says you shall be initiated and all the arts of pleasing. 11 So the you being women, but you shall in vain hope that we will 12 contribute to your happiness. One iota beyond the principle that constitutes our own. 13 So basically what they're saying here is you should please us, 14 but we're not going to please you and then calling them an egotist, 15 which I mean valid, right? So if we look at the answer choices here, 16 we can see that each of them have a negative luck. 17 You have contentment, anger, disappointment, and frustration. 18 So we can't really eliminate anything based off of like positive 19 versus negative. You can look at, see, it says to emphasize disappointment and this 20 case disappointment would be a little bit off this one's more along the lines 21 of that frustration, contempt, anger, rather than disappointment, 22 right? Disappointment indicates let down, whereas the ...