[Video] Q1: Over the course of the passage, the narrator’s attitude shifts from

Explanation for Question 1 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 4

Question one says over the course of the passage, 2 the narrator's attitude shifts from what? 3 So if we look back in the passage, 4 we can see evidence of the attitude at the beginning and the attitude at 5 the end. So the evidence that we're going to look at is starting in 6 line five. It says, I do not quite understand what it, 7 what it is that the yearning desires. And then at the end, 8 starting in line 56, it says what I am on the brink of knowing 9 is I now see is not an, a femoral mathematical spot, 10 but myself. So over the course of the passage, 11 the narrator goes from being unsure to being sure. 12 So if we look at the answer choices here, 13 we can see that the one that best matches this is going to be 14 answered. Choice seat. If you look at answer choice, 15 a, it says fear about the expedition to excitement about it. 16 This one's going to be incorrect because he's not fearing the expedition in the 17 beginning. You can see that he says things like starting 18 in line 21 and freely willingness enterprise and choosing 19 this moment and no other. So he's choosing to go on the expedition 20 here. He might, you might be able to infer fear based on the fact 21 that he says nobody has succeeded in this thing and many have died, 22 but based on the fact that right after that, 23 he says that he's choosing this moment. 24 That's not going to imply fear. So that's why answer choice eight would be 25 incorrect. And then if we look at answer choice B, 26 it says doub...