Explanation for Question 33 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 6
Question 33 says in passage, one Lincoln contends that breaking the law has which 2 consequence. So let's look back into passage one to see what Lincoln has to 3 say about breaking the law. And he says it very explicitly starting 4 in line nine. It says, let every man remember that to violate the law. 5 So to break the law is to trample on the blood of his father 6 and to tear the character of his own and his children's Liberty. 7 So basically what this is saying is that to break the law is to 8 dishonor your ancestors and to kind of invalidate the idea 9 of your Liberty and that of future generations. 10 So let's look at the answer choices and see which one best matches that 11 idea of maybe dishonoring those who came before you and tainting the Liberty for 12 yourself and those who come after you. So if you look at the answer 13 choice, a, it says it slows the repeal of bad laws. 14 So answer choice a is going to be incorrect. 15 This isn't going to be talking about Liberty really directly at 16 all, or anything about going against 17 your ancestors, the people who came before your family, 18 things like that. If we look at answer choice B, 19 it says undermines and repudiates, the nation's values. 20 So this might be a good answer choice here, 21 right? This nation, the nation's values, 22 the nation is founded on the idea of Liberty. 23 So if you're tainting the character of your Liberty and those who come after 24 you, you might be undermining the nation's values. 25 So ...