SAT stuff
Pipilotti Rist is a Swedish video artist that has been producing work since the late 1980's.
a) no change
b) who
c) whom
d) whose
B
She stood before a pane of glass and proceeds to rub her face back and forth across it, streaking it with makeup.
a) no change
b) had stood
c) has stood
d) stands
d) stands
"proceeds" is in present tense, so "stands" must also be
I remember coming home after school to my Grandmother's house and to see a large stuffed owl suspended from twine and attached to the frame of the front door.
a) no change
b) I saw
c) I see
d) seeing
d) seeing
High school students at the beginning of the twenty-first century ate more fast food than the middle of the twentieth century.
a) no change
b) than the high schools during
c) than occurred in
d) than did students in
d) than did students in
The SAT Reading Test Has How Many Questions
52
She studied video by the School of Design in Basel, Switzerland.
a) no change
b) for
c) at
d) with
C
a) no change
b) as
c) like
d) for
b)
The princess, together with the members of her retinue, are scheduled to attend the opening of ceremonies.
a) no change
b) together with the members of her retinue, were scheduled
c) along with the members of the retinue, are scheduled
d) together with the members of her retinue, is scheduled
d) together with the members of her retinue, is schedule
Frightened of meeting anyone outside her immediate family circle, it was only after Elizabeth Barrett had eloped with Robert Browning that she grew to enjoy herself in society.
a) no change
b) it was only after eloping with Robert Browning that Elizabeth Barrett grew to enjoy herself in society.
c) Elizabeth Barrett grew to enjoy herself in society only after she had eloped with Robert Browning.
d) it was only after Elizabeth Barrett had eloped with Robert Browning that she had grown to enjoy herself in society.
c) Elizabeth Barrett grew to enjoy herself in society only after she had eloped with Robert Browning.
The SAT Writing and Language Test is how many minutes?
35
Over the course of her career, Rist has exhibited in both group and solo shows across the globe. Her artwork focused on images of women and objects associated with women, such as flowers and makeup. Electric hues of pink and purple regularly color her films, while the individual images often appear to be softened.
a) no change
b) focuses on
c) focusing on
d) focuses into
B) focuses on
The rest of the paragraph is in present tense.
I am not the only one to believe this. The Zuni, a Native American tribe, of the Pueblo peoples believe that placing an owl feather in a babies crib guards they baby from evil spirits.
Triple points if you can fix both of these errors.
Zuni, a Native American tribe of the Pueblo peoples,
baby's
Dog experts describe the chihuahua as the smallest dog, and also the most truculent of them.
a) no change
b) the smallest and yet the most truculent of dogs.
c) the smallest dog at the same time it is the most truculent dog
d) not only the smallest dog, but also more truculent than any
b) the smallest and yet the most truculent of dogs.
Many of the students found the visiting professor the greatest lecturer they have ever heard, but for others they found him a deadly bore with little of interest to impart.
a) no change
b) except others that found him
c) however, others found him
d) but others found him
d) but others found him
How many hours and/or minutes is the SAT test
180 Minutes
Unlike passive and uninterested television spectators, Rist's viewers actively choose to bring themselves into her art. Thus, to accommodate her audience, Rist routinely transforms the physical spaces of her installations into areas that viewers can comfortably inhabit.
a) no change
b) inhibit
c) habitat
d) exhibit
Jane Austen wrote novels and they depicted the courtships and eventual marriages of members of the middle classes.
a) no change
b) novels, being depictions of
c) novels, they depict
d) novels that depict
d) novels that depict
Painters of the Art Deco period took motifs from the art of Africa, South America, and the Far East as well as incorporating them with the sleek lines of modern industry.
a) as well as incorporating
b) they also incorporated
c) and incorporated
d) likewise they incorporated
c) and incorporated
Visitors to Yosemite National Park encounter a landscape of great ruggedness and majesty and the landscape has inspired many photographers, above all Ansel Adams.
a) no change
b) majesty, the reason being that the landscape has
c) majesty, but the landscape has
d) majesty, a landscape that has
d) majesty, a landscape that has
If you receive a perfect score on the SAT - your score will be....
1600
Rist's 2011 exhibit at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, I Packed the Postcard in My Suitcase, demonstrates this idea. So, Rist projected her videos both onto the ceiling and onto arranged piles of fabric on the floor, Viewers could lie down and absorb the images, which drifted by like passing clouds.
a) no change
b) But,
c) Consequently,
d) There,
d) there,
Here, Rist records the creation of something emotional and visceral, rather than distantly ideological or academic. She makes art accessible to the viewer.
Which choice most effectively combines these sentences?
a) Here, although Rist records the creation of something emotional and visceral, rather than distantly ideological or academic, and makes art accessible to the viewer.
b) Here, Rist records the creation of something emotional and visceral, rather that distantly ideological or academic, making art accessible to the viewer.
c) Here, Rist records the creation of something emotional and visceral, rather than distantly ideological or academic in contrast to making art accessible to the viewer.
d) Here, Rist reords the creation of something emotional and visceral, rather than distantly ideological or academic, which makes art accessible to the viewer.
b) Here, Rist records the creation of something emotional and visceral, rather that distantly ideological or academic, making art accessible to the viewer.
Writing a review of opening night, the production was panned by the Chronicle's theater critic.
a) no change
b) Because he was writing a review of opening night, the production was panned by the Chronicle's theater critic.
c) Writing a review of opening night, the Chronicle's theater critic panned the production.
d) In a written review of opening night, the production by the Chronicle's theater critic was being panned.
c) Writing a review of opening night, the Chronicle's theater critic panned the production.
If we compare the number of station wagons on the road with the minivan, we see that the minivan is currently in the ascendant.
a) no change
b) To compare the station wagons on the road with minivans is to show that the minivan is
c) In comparison with the station wagons on the road, the number of minivans is
d) A comparison of the numbers of station wagons and minivans on the road indicates that minivans are.
d) A comparison of the numbers of station wagons and minivans on the road indicates that minivans are.
“This frequent experience of gift-giving can engender ambivalent feelings in gift-givers. Many relish the opportunity to buy presents because gift-giving offers a powerful means to build stronger bonds with one’s closest peers. At the same time, many dread the thought of buying gifts; they worry that their purchases will disappoint rather than delight the intended recipients.”
The word “ambivalent,” as used above, most nearly means
A. unrealistic
B. conflicted
C. apprehensive
D. supportive
c.) Apprehensive