Answer Choices
Yes, because it shows the link between Peter the Great and the cat paintings.
Yes, because it helps explain why Russian art celebrates animals.
No, because it fails to indicate why the Winter Palace became an art museum.
No, because it provides background information that is irrelevant to the paragraph.
Explanation for Question 43 From the Writing Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 3
Now hearing question number 43, we're considering adding a sentence. 2 But before we look at that sentence, let's look at what the paragraph talks 3 about. Right? We see that we're talking about how the felines are depicted as 4 aristocratic, you know, wearing, 5 um, clothing items of the Royal court, 6 thoughtful green eyes, like a Royal adviser. 7 We're really talking about how the cats are posed and how the cats look. 8 But then when we read the sentence, we see that it's talking about the 9 art museum buildings and the architecture, 10 right. Specifically the winter palace, which has nothing to do with what the cats 11 look like. Right? So the sentence that they've given to us in 43 is 12 really off topic. And the answer choice, 13 that best shows that is D right where it says, 14 no, it wouldn't make sense to add this question or the sentence, 15 because the information about the winter palace and about the buildings is irrelevant, 16 right? 17 It's not really consistent with what we're reading in that paragraph. 18 So not eliminating answer choice D but seeing the answer choice D is actually 19 the best encapsulation of off topic, 20 but also answer choice a right. We see that, 21 that sentence about the winter palace and about the architecture. 22 Doesn't tell us anything about Peter. The great, nor does it tell us about 23 cat paintings. So if it doesn't do either, 24 how could it possibly be the link between the two, 25 right? And so that allows us to eliminate a, 26...