Explanation for Question 9 From the Reading Section on the 2019 October Sat
Question nine says which choice most clearly supports the idea that John Bergson's father 2 was afraid of aging. So the idea that we're looking here to support 3 is that John Bergson's father was afraid of aging. 4 So we're looking for any kind of reference to John Bergson's father and any 5 reference to aging. So let's look at the lines of evidence given to us 6 as answer choices here and see which one best supports and includes those ideas. 7 So if you look at answer choice, a lines 51 through 53, 8 it says John Bergson's father had been a shipbuilder, 9 a man of considerable force and of some fortune. 10 So we have that reference to John Bergson's father, 11 but there's no reference here of aging of any sort or being afraid of 12 that for that matter. So answer choice a would be incorrect. 13 If we look at answer choice B, it says late in life, 14 he married a second time, a stock home, a woman of questionable character, 15 much younger than he who guided him into every sort of extravagance. 16 So answer choice B again, has that reference to John Bergson's father, 17 which comes from the earlier sentence. 18 And it talks maybe a little bit about aging, 19 right? If he's marrying white in life and he's marrying a woman who's younger 20 than him, it's talking about aging, but it's not saying anything about how he's 21 afraid of aging directly. So answer choice B would be incorrect for that reason. 22 If we live in answer choice C it says on the shipbuilders part. 23 So the s...