Answer Choices
expose a side of the narrator that he prefers to keep hidden.
demonstrate that the narrator thinks in a methodical and scientific manner.
show that the narrator feels himself to be influenced by powerful and independent forces.
emphasize the length of time during which the narrator has prepared for his expedition.
Explanation for Question 4 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 4
And forced us the sentence in lines 10 through 13, 2 mainly serves to do what? So let's look back in the passage for context 3 about the sentence that they're talking about. So this sentence 4 says for years, for lifetime, 5 the machinery of my destiny has worked in secret to prepare for this moment. 6 It's clockwork has moved exactly toward this time in place and no other. 7 So what these lines are saying is this thing that he's referring to as 8 the machinery of his destiny is some external 9 factor that is working to prepare for his 10 life. His destiny it's clockwork has moved exactly toward this time and place and 11 no other. So the machinery has a set destiny that 12 it's working towards to prepare him for. So that's what these lines are saying. 13 Basically, outside factors, the machinery are controlling his life and leading him towards 14 some predetermined destiny. 15 So let's look back at the answer choices and see which one best matches 16 that. Um, so 17 if we look at answer choice, 18 a, it says to expose a side of the narrator that he prefers 19 to keep hidden. So answer choice a is going to be incorrect because although 20 they do mention the word secret in the 21 passage, it's not something that the knee it's not talking about. 22 Something that the narrator prefers to keep hidden. It's just saying that the machinery, 23 the outside factors have worked secretly in his life to proceed 24 towards some destiny. So not that the narrator prefers to keep hidden, 25...