Explanation for Question 42 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 10
Question 42 says which choice from passage two provides the best evidence for the 2 answer to the previous question. So 42 is going to be paired with 41, 3 which the correct answer for 41 is going to be D so 4 41 is saying it can most recently be inferred from passage two, 5 that Brian would criticize the vision of American governance of island territories. 6 That beverage presented passage. One for being naive since the Islanders would object to 7 being governed by Americans. So let's go look at those lines of evidence that 8 we have in the answer choices for 42 and see which one best supports 9 that idea. 10 So again, we're looking for naivety because the Islanders are bound 11 to object. If we look at answer choice a lines 42 12 through 48, it says if it is right for the United States to hold the 13 Philippine islands permanently and imitate European empires in the government of colonies, 14 the Republican party ought to state its position and defendant, 15 but it must expect the subject races to protest against such a policy and 16 to resist to the extent of their ability. So this could be a really 17 good answer choice. It has both of the elements of the correct answer in 18 question 41. We see that idea 19 of the people being ruled, 20 resisting those who are ruling them. 21 And we also see the kind of naivety that Brian 22 is pointing out where they say they should state their position and defend it. 23 And you can infer kind of from that, 24 that Brian is wanting them...