Answer Choices
generally helpful to those who want to change society.
surprisingly difficult for many people to comprehend.
frequently responsible for human progress.
largely irrelevant to current political decisions.
Explanation for Question 35 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 4
Question 35 says it can most reasonably be inferred from passage to that pain 2 views, historical precedents, as what so conveniently, 3 we can find evidence for this right next to it. 4 Pain says in his passage that the circumstances of the world are continually changing 5 and the opinions of men change also. And he also goes on to say 6 that that, which is, which may be thought right, 7 and found convenient in one age, maybe thought wrong and found convenient in another. 8 So he's drawing a distinction between what is found convenient in the past and 9 what has found convenient in the present. So we might be able to infer 10 that he probably has somewhat of a negative view on historical precedents. 11 He also says in between these lines, 12 that the government is for the living and not for the dead, 13 so that not for the dead would also be an indication that he believes 14 that historical precedents shouldn't have any bearing on what is happening 15 in the government. 16 So let's look through the answer choices and see which one best conveys this 17 negative viewpoint on historical precedents. 18 If we look at answer choice, a, it says generally helpful to those who 19 want to change society. So that's going to be directly contradicting 20 what pain is saying in his passage, right? 21 It says that which may be thought right, 22 and found convenient in one age in the past, 23 maybe thought wrong and found inconvenient in another. 24 So in the present, so things in the past ...