[Video] Q33: As used in line 4, “state” most nearly refers to a

Explanation for Question 33 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 4

Question 33 says as used in line for state, 2 most nearly refers to a what? So let's look in the passage and see 3 if we can get some context here. If we look at the sentence that 4 they're referring to here, it says to avoid the evils of inconstancy and versatility, 5 10,000 times worse than those of option C. 6 And the line is prejudice. We have consecrated the state that no man should 7 approach to look into its defects or corruptions, 8 but with due caution. So this is an admittedly pretty difficult sentence 9 to understand. Let's look further in the paragraph and see if we can get 10 some more context for this use of the word state. 11 We can find it here as well. In this sentence, 12 it says that he should approach to the fault of the state as to 13 the wounds of a father with PSR in trembling solicitude. 14 And then we can see an extension of this metaphor between the state and 15 the wounds of a father when they're referring to the children 16 of their country. So we can use this kind 17 of extension of the metaphor in the fact that they're referring to the children 18 of their country to understand state as a political entity or 19 something like that. And then if we look in the actual 20 introductory paragraph, we can see that this is reflections on the revolution in 21 France. So this is probably going to have some political undertones. 22 So let's look back in the answer choices and I kind of already gave 23 it away. But the correct answer choice here is going to ...