Answer Choices
A) expresses his deep affinity for the Soviet Union, while the speaker of Passage 2 primarily defines himself in opposition to the ideology of the Soviet Union.
aligns himself with a worldwide community of people with similar aims, while the speaker of Passage 2 emphasizes his commitment to the United States.
identifies himself as a patriot who hopes to see his country correct its faults, while the speaker of Passage 2 presents himself as defending his country against any criticism.
suggests that he speaks for all oppressed peoples, while the speaker of Passage 2 describes himself as speaking only for black people in the United States.
Explanation for Question 20 From the Reading Section on the 2021 May Sat (International)
Hey guys. So question 20 says important difference in how the speakers of the 2 two passages present themselves as that, the speaker passage one blank. 3 So I want to think about, um, 4 and when we get a question like this, so you just look at the 5 answers, it says the speaker passage one does this and the speaker passage two 6 does this. So all these, 7 all these are going to involve comparing and contrasting the overall views of 8 these two speakers. So let's think now about these passages as a whole passage. 9 One is Paul Robeson saying that the Soviet union and these countries have 10 aligned themselves with the positive, 11 you know, um, future of black people. 12 And therefore he wants to, 13 uh, support them. Whereas Jackie Robinson is saying like, 14 Hey, listen, you know, I have interests in the United States. 15 Like we have interests, um, which I remember the exact word, 16 uh, use is invested as using questions 16 that were invested in the United States 17 and the future of the United States. 18 So, uh, that's what I heard, obviously there's contrast in there. 19 So let's think through these answer choices and figure out which one fits best. 20 Eight says that the speaker in passage, one suggests that he speaks for all 21 oppressed peoples while a speaker passage Chu describes himself as speaking, 22 only for black people in the United States. So this one is wrong because, 23 um, while you might say that the speaker in passage, 24 one is speaking for all oppresse...