[Video] Q9: As used in line 49, “take the slightest interest in” most nearly means

Explanation for Question 9 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 4

Question nine says as used in line 49, 2 take the slightest interest in most nearly means. 3 What? So let's look back in the passage for some context here. 4 If we read this sentence in the two sentences around it, 5 it says it is an abstraction, a mathematical fiction, 6 no one, but a Swedish madman could take the slightest interest in it. 7 Here I am. So we can take this phrase of having 8 the slightest interest in the one referenced in the question and 9 we can try and come up with phrases from our own vocabulary that might 10 replace it, but still maintain the meaning of the sentence. 11 So when I read this, it says no one, but a sweetest man, 12 man, could take the slightest interest in it. I think that you could replace 13 the phrase with, be intrigued by it. 14 So no one, but a Swedish man, man, could be intrigued by 15 it. 16 So that's what I'm thinking here. 17 So let's maybe look back at the answer choices and see 18 which one would best match this idea of injury. 19 So if we look at answer choice, a, it says as using 9 49, 20 take the slightest interest in most nearly means to accept responsibility for so 21 the, it that's being referenced in the sentence that we're talking about here is 22 the mathematical fiction or something like that. 23 So it's not going to mean in context to accept responsibility 24 for this mathematical fiction. If we look at answer choice B, 25 it says to possess little regard for, 26 so in this case, they're talking about the Swedish madma...