Explanation for Question 36 From the Writing Section on the 2020 March Sat
Not for question number 36, our best answer's going to be C. 2 They were installed in the British museum that same year. 3 And the reason being that this sentence is what actually flows within the paragraph. 4 And it also allows us to discuss the committee's investigation, 5 which is of these sculptures, right. That, 6 uh, Elgin took from grace. So let's look closely at this paragraph. 7 It says, following an investigation, the committee concluded that Britain should give asylum to 8 the sculptures, right? So we're talking about the asylum of these sculptures. 9 And then afterwards, we talk about Greece gaining independence, 10 um, and how the sculpture should be returned. 11 But really the topic here is where the sculptures are located, 12 right? Where are the sculptures? Are they in asylum? 13 Are they going back to Greece? And this location of sculptures is really what's 14 addressed and see where they tell us exactly where the sculptures are in the 15 British museum that year. 16 Right? So C is the only one that really talks about the location of 17 the sculptures. And we can also see why a, 18 B and D are wrong through process of elimination. 19 Now, a it can be misleading because we do see talk about the Ottoman 20 empire later on in the passage. But again, 21 the focus of this paragraph is aware. The sculptures are right. 22 We're talking about the sculptures here. And so talking about Lord Byron in the 23 Ottoman empire is actually off topic. 24 And we look at B, it s...