NovQAS11/4/20171November2017NORTHAMERICATheSATQuestion-and-AnswerServiceUsethiswithyourQASStudentGuideandpersonalizedQASReport.What’sinside:-Testquestions-TheEssaypromptsadministeredonyourtestdayCollegeBoardNOTFORREPRODUCTIONORRESALE111CONTINUEReadingTest65MINUTES,52QUESTIONSTurntoSection1ofyouranswersheettoanswerthequestionsinthissection.Eachpassageorpairofpassagesbelowisfollowedbyanumberofquestions.Afterreadingeachpassageorpair,choosethebestanswertoeachquestionbasedonwhatisstatedorimpliedinthepassageorpassagesandinanyaccompanyinggraphics(suchasatableorgraph).Questions1-10arebasedonthefollowingpassage.ThispassageisadaptedfromGeorgeEliot,Middlemarch.Originallypublishedin1871.Dorotheaandherhusband.Mr.Casaubon,amiddle-agedscholar,areontheirhoneymooninRome.WillLadislaw,anartist,isCasaubon’scousin.“Yes,”saidDorothea,withoutpause;“showhimintothesalon.”HerchiefimpressionsaboutyoungLadislawwerethatwhenshehadseenhimatLowickshehadbeenmadeawareofMr.Casaubon’sgenerositytowardshim,andalsothat5shehadbeeninterestedinhisownhesitationabouthiscareer.Shewasalivetoanythingthatgaveheranopportunityforactivesympathy,andatthismomentitseemedasifthevisithadcometoshakeheroutofherself-absorbeddiscontent—toremind10herofherhusband’sgoodness,andmakeherfeelthatshehadnowtherighttobehishelpmateinallkinddeeds.Shewaitedaminuteortwo,butwhenshepassedintothenextroomtherewerejustsignsenoughthatshehadbeencryingtomakeheropen15facelookmoreyouthfulandappealingthanusual.ShemetLadislawwiththatexquisitesmileofgoodwillwhichisunmixedwithvanity,andheldoutherhandtohim.Hewastheelderbyseveralyears,butatthatmomenthelookedmuchthe20younger,forhistransparentcomplexionflushedsuddenly,andhespokewithashynessextremelyunlikethereadyindifferenceofhismannerwithhismalecompanionatthemuseum,whileDorotheabecameallthecalmerwithawonderingdesireto25puthimatease.“IwasnotawarethatyouandMr.CasaubonwereinRome,untilthismorning,whenIsawyouintheVaticanMuseum,"hesaid."Iknewyouatonce—but—Imean,thatIconcludedMr.30Casaubon’saddre...
