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Instruction:
- In the passage below is accompanied by a number of questions.
- For some questions, you need to think how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas.
- For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation.
- Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage.
- Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.
SAT Writing & Language Section Passage
SAT Writing Practice Questions Paper Passage Title: Resurrecting Zora
A flamboyant leader during the Harlem Renaissance (an era of notable cultural and artistic achievements from the African American community in Harlem during the 1920s and 1 1930s) Zora Neale Hurston achieved fame and notoriety in the first half of the 20th century but then faded into obscurity. 2 Raised in Eatonville, Florida, Hurston spent her years of literary productivity in New York, only to return to Florida at the end of her career, penniless and out of print. This renewed interest in Hurston’s work brought several of the author’s works, such as Their Eyes Were Watching God and Mules and Men, back into the literary limelight. Though now generally recognized as an important contributor to the American literary canon, 3 Hurston was one of the most controversial authors of her time.
In 1925, Hurston began her studies at Barnard College, 4 where, under the tutelage of Franz Boas, , the “Father of Modern Anthropology”— she embraced the idea of cultural relativism, or studying a culture in isolation rather than in comparison to others. Her work reflected this 5 exposition, as she sought to capture what she termed the “natural” art of African Americans 6 through speech song and folklore. By adopting the vernacular, for example, Hurston believed that she could develop the authenticity of her characters and present the uniqueness of African American culture 7
Hurston’s revolutionary work resulted in scathing criticism, especially from some of the intellectual leaders of the Harlem Renaissance. Two of the movement’s 8 rulers, authors Langston Hughes and Richard Wright, saw Hurston’s work as a harmful caricature of African American life and even accused Hurston of creating new stereotypes that were no better than the old. 9 While Hurston viewed her work as a tribute to a rich and sophisticated culture, her detractors saw it as a mockery, 10 and Hurston’s work, according to them, was lampooning African Americans in the worst possible way.
Today, Hurston is often revered as a fiercely independent thinker who challenged many of the literary and social norms of her day. Since Walker’s rediscovery of Hurston’s work, a dozen short story collections, essays, and folk tales have been published posthumously. Festivals, foundations, literary societies, endowed chairs, journals, and honors now exist in Hurston’s name. 11 When Walker found Hurston’s unmarked grave in 1973, she purchased a headstone and inscribed the epitaph: “A Genius of the South,” illustrating her veneration of Hurston’s work.
SAT Writing Practice Questions Paper
Question No 1
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : 1930s)
Option C : 1930s), when
Option D : 1930s) and
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Option B : 1930s)
Question No 2
Which choice provides the most effective transition from the preceding sentence to the rest of the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : Many current African American authors, such as Alice Walker and Toni Morrison, have cited Hurston as having a major influence on their own work.
Option C : A 1970s movement to reclaim lost female artists led Alice Walker, a prominent African American author, to rediscover Hurston.
Option D : In 1948, Hurston published her last novel, Seraph on the Suwanee, which was not well received by critics, so she attempted to make her way as a journalist
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Option C : A 1970s movement to reclaim lost female artists led Alice Walker, a prominent African American author, to rediscover Hurston.
Question No 3
Which choice provides the most effectively transition to the information that follows?
Option A : No Change
Option B : many considered Hurston as
Option C : critics considered Hurston to be
Option D : DELETE the underlined portion
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Option A : No Change
Question No 4
Which choice results in the most effective transition to the information that follows in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : where under the tutelage—of Franz Boas,
Option C : where—under the tutelage of Franz Boas,
Option D : where under the tutelage of Franz Boas,
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Option C : No Change
Question No 5
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : disposition,
Option C : deposition,
Option D : composition,
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Option B : disposition,
Question No 6
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : through speech, song, and, folklore
Option C : through: speech, song, and folklore
Option D : through speech, song, and folklore.
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Option D : through speech, song, and folklore.
Question No 7
At this point, the writer wants to provide an additional example of how studying with Franz Boas influenced Hurston’s work. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
Option A : Hurston’s autobiography, Dust Tracks on a Road, was widely criticized due to its inconsistencies and inaccuracies which made it seem more like her works of fiction than a factual account of her life.
Option B : Hurston had an interest in theater, for example, and even helped to establish a school of dramatic arts four years later at Bethune-Cookman College.
Option C : Although Hurston’s work was not initially well received because she failed to take up the political rights of African Americans, it is now viewed as groundbreaking feminist literature because her characters challenge systemic misogyny.
Option D : In addition, rather than dwelling on or overtly challenging the social and economic oppression of certain communities, she used her anthropological training to explore how folklore could empower African Americans by legitimizing their local cultures.
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Option D : In addition, rather than dwelling on or overtly challenging the social and economic oppression of certain communities, she used her anthropological training to explore how folklore could empower African Americans by legitimizing their local cultures.
Question No 8
The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?
Option A : NO CHANGE
Option B : luminaries,
Option C : moguls,
Option D : tycoons,
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Option B : luminaries,
Question No 9
At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.
Yet, others praised her ability to seamlessly include idiomatic speech and lauded her efforts to capture “authentic” culture.
Should the writer make this addition here?
Option A : Yes, because it provides an example of how some agreed with Hurston and viewed her work as a cultural tribute.
Option B : Yes, because it introduces information to support the paragraph’s claim that despite criticism, Hurston’s work was revolutionary.
Option C : No, because it introduces information outside the paragraph’s focus on the issues Hurston’s critics had with her work.
Option D : No, because it does not explain why Hughes and Wright viewed Hurston’s work as a mockery of African American culture.
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Option C : No, because it introduces information outside the paragraph’s focus on the issues Hurston’s critics had with her work.
Question No 10
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : lampooning African Americans in the worst possible way.
Option C : asserting that Hurston’s work lampooned African Americans in the worst possible way, as her critics claimed.
Option D : as her detractors thought that Hurston’s work was lampooning African Americans in the worst possible way.
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Option B : No Change
Question No 11
The writer wants to conclude with a sentence that encapsulates both the central idea of the passage and Hurston’s lasting legacy. Which best accomplishes this goal?
Option A : No change
Option B : Even with her highly controversial style and content, Hurston precipitated a significant reevaluation of stereotypical representations and forever transformed the nature of the African American literary tradition.
Option C : Additionally, the Hurston/Wright Foundation and literary award were established in 1990, a combination that may have troubled both authors due to their artistic differences.
Option D : These awards are a reminder of how much of Hurston’s work relied on the ethnographic research techniques she learned under the eminent anthropologist, Franz Boas.
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Option B : Even with her highly controversial style and content, Hurston precipitated a significant reevaluation of stereotypical representations and forever transformed the nature of the African American literary tradition.
