Explanation for Question 37 From the Reading Section on the 2021 March Sat
All right. 37, the description of Gallo's experiences and lines 18 to 21 2 primarily serves to what? So let's go back to the description of Gallo's 3 experiences. We see that here, 4 there's this idea of him being thrown into prison by the inquisition, 5 forced to purchase his Liberty by retracting his opinions. 6 So this is emphasizing how society was really against him putting forth his beliefs, 7 these truths that he had uncovered. And so that's exactly why the author 8 kind of brings this example into play. Um, 9 it's to illustrate the fact that this, 10 um, difficulty that reformers have had projecting their viewpoints come, 11 um, sort of convincing the general public that these, 12 these viewpoints are true, how difficult that process has been over time. 13 So answer twice a says, encourage the audience to appreciate the contributions of an 14 earlier reformer. Um, well, 15 definitely the case that the author wants us to look favorably on these contributions, 16 the point isn't to make it all about Galileo here. 17 So answer choice a is eliminated B says introduce an alternative explanation 18 for the pervasive prejudice. There is no real alternative preservation. 19 The author is introducing. They're really more rallying against that pervasive prejudice. 20 So B as eliminated answer choice C says caution the audience about the dangers 21 of espousing revolutionary ideas. The idea here isn't to caution the audience, 22 it's more to put the present struggles of the abol...