Victory for the ACT Student Text 15e

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21. (B) (p. 399) Reading/Craft and Structure/Implied Idea . Jupiter is asked to decide which of three goddesses is the fairest—Juno, Minerva, or Venus. Regardless of which goddess he selects, he will anger the other two because he did not choose them. It is a no-win proposition in that he is bound to offend someone. So, (B) is the correct answer choice. As for the other answer choices, they are all incorrect since there is no evidence to support these ideas. 22. (F) (p. 400) Reading/Craft and Structure/Vocabulary . The passage tells us that “Ulysses, who had married Penelope, ƒ† ™ƒ• ˜‡”› Šƒ’’› ‹ Š‹• ™‹ˆ‡ ƒ†…Š‹Ž†ǡ Šƒ† ‘ †‹•’‘•‹–‹‘ –‘ ‡„ƒ” ‹ •—…Š ƒ –”‘—„Ž‡•‘‡ ƒˆˆƒ‹”dz ȋŽ‹‡• ͵ͺȂͶͲȌǤ Given the context, it is clear that “disposition” means “inclination.” In other words, Ulysses had no inclination to embark on the adventure since he is happy at home with his family. So, (F) is the correct answer choice. As for the other answer choices, they are all incorrect because they cannot substitute for “disposition” and create a sentence with the same meaning as the original 23. (C) (p. 400) Reading/Craft and Structure/Voice .  Ž‹‡• ͳȂʹǡ –Š‡ ƒ—–Š‘” ƒ••‡”–• –Šƒ– ‹‡”˜ƒ ‘…‡ †‹† ƒ ˆ‘‘Ž‹•Š –Š‹‰ǡ ȋ ȌǤ  Ž‹‡• ͵͵Ȃ͵Ͷǡ –Š‡ ƒ—–Š‘” ƒ••‡”–• –Šƒ– –Š‡ ’‘‡• ‘ˆ ‘‡” ƒ† ‹”‰‹Ž ™‡”‡ ‰”‡ƒ–ǡ ȋ Ȍǡ ƒ• ™‡ŽŽ ƒ• –Šƒ– –Š‡ ‰”‡ƒ–‡•– ’‘‡• ‘ˆ ƒ–‹“—‹–› ™‡”‡ ƒ„‘—– –Š‡ ”‘Œƒ ƒ”ǡ ȋ ȌǤ ‘™Š‡”‡ ‹ –Š‡ ’ƒ••ƒ‰‡ǡ –Š‘—‰Šǡ †‘‡• –Š‡ ƒ—–Š‘”…Žƒ‹ –Šƒ– ‡Ž‡ ™ƒ• –Š‡ ˆƒ‹”‡•– ‘ˆ Š‡” •‡šǤ •–‡ƒ†ǡ ‹– ‹• ‡—• ™Š‘ ‹†‡–‹ϐ‹‡• ‡Ž‡ ƒ• Dz–Š‡ ˆƒ‹”‡•– ‘ˆ Š‡” •‡šdz ȋŽ‹‡ ʹͶȌ ƒ† †‡•–‹‡• Š‡” for a relationship with Paris. So, (C) is the correct answer choice. 24. (F) (p. 400) Reading/Key Ideas and Details/Implied Idea .  Ž‹‡ Ͷ͵ǡ –Š‡ ƒ—–Š‘” •ƒ›• Dz Ž›••‡• ’”‡–‡†‡† –‘ „‡ ƒ†dz in order to avoid going off to war. The author then says Ulysses attempted to prove his madness by hitching a mismatched pair of animals together (“an ass and an ox”) and sowing into the ground something that could never grow—salt. So, (F) is the correct answer choice. As for the other answer choices, they are all incorrect since there is no evidence to support these ideas. 25. (C) (p. 400) Reading/Craft and Structure/Implied Idea .  Ž‹‡• ͶͷȂͶͻǡ ƒŽƒƒ†‡• ˜‹•‹–• Ž›••‡• –‘ –ƒ‡ Š‹ –‘ ™ƒ”Ǥ Ulysses does not wish to go and pretends to be insane. Palamades is skeptical of Ulysses’ act, though, and thinks up ƒ ™ƒ› –‘ –‡•– Š‹Ǥ ‡ ’—–• Ž›••‡•ǯ…Š‹Ž† ‹ –Š‡ ’ƒ–Š ‘ˆ ƒ •Šƒ”’ ’Ž‘™ –Šƒ– Ž›••‡• •–‡‡”• ƒ…”‘•• ƒ ϐ‹‡Ž†Ǥ Ž›••‡• •–‡‡”• the plow so his young child’s life is spared, proving that he is indeed sane. (C) is the correct answer choice because Palamades tries Ulysses in this manner to test him. As for the other answer choices, they are all incorrect because there is no evidence to support these ideas. 26. (J) (p. 400) Reading/Craft and Structure/Implied Idea .  Ž‹‡• ͷͶȂͷ͹ǡ –Š‡ ƒ—–Š‘” ‡š’Žƒ‹• Š‘™ Š‡–‹•ǡ Dz‘‡ ‘ˆ –Š‡ immortals, a sea nymph” tried to prevent her son Achilles from going off to war because she knew “that her son was fated to perish before Troy if he went on the expedition.” Instead of stating explicitly that Thetis could read the future, the author merely mentions her immortal status and expects the reader to understand that this means she can see into the future. So, (J) is the correct answer choice. As for the other answer choices, they are all incorrect because there is no evidence to support these ideas. 27. (C) (p. 400) Reading/Key Ideas and Details/Explicit Detail . Juno, Venus, and Minerva, (A), are the goddesses ‡–‹‘‡† ‹ –Š‡ ϐ‹”•– ’ƒ”ƒ‰”ƒ’ŠǤ ƒ”‹•ǡ ȋ Ȍǡ ‹• Dz–Š‡ „‡ƒ—–‹ˆ—Ž •Š‡’Š‡”†dz ȋŽ‹‡ ͳʹȌ ™Š‘ ‹• ƒ•‡† –‘ †‡…‹†‡ ™Š‹…Š ‘ˆ –Š‡ ‰‘††‡••‡• ‹• ˆƒ‹”‡•–Ǥ ”‹• ƒ† Š‡–‹•ǡ ȋ Ȍǡ ƒ”‡ –Š‡ ‰‘††‡•• ‘ˆ ‹•…‘”† ȋŽ‹‡ ͸Ȍ ƒ† ƒ •‡ƒǦ›’Š ȋŽ‹‡ ͷͷȌ ”‡•’‡…–‹˜‡Ž›Ǥ ‹ƒŽŽ›ǡ ‹ Ž‹‡• ͵ͷȂ͵͸ǡ –Š‡ ƒ—–Š‘” •ƒ›• Dz ‡‡Žƒ—•…ƒŽŽ‡† —’‘ Š‹• „”‘–Š‡”…Š‹‡ˆ–ƒ‹• ‘ˆ ”‡‡…‡ –‘ ˆ—Žϐ‹ŽŽ –Š‡‹” ’Ž‡†‰‡Ǥdz The author then explains how Ulysses and Achilles were gathered for the impending war; in other words, they too are chieftains of Greece. So, (C) is the correct answer choice. 28. (F) (p. 400) Reading/Key Ideas and Details/Implied Idea . Readers are expected to understand Ulysses’ clever ploy at King Lycomedes’ court even though it is not entirely spelled out. In short, Ulysses visits the court because he knows …Š‹ŽŽ‡• ‹• Š‹†‹‰ –Š‡”‡Ǥ Ž›••‡• †‹•‰—‹•‡• Š‹•‡Žˆ ƒ• ƒ ‡”…Šƒ– ƒ† ’”‡–‡†• –‘ •‡ŽŽ Dzˆ‡ƒŽ‡ ‘”ƒ‡–•dz ȋŽ‹‡• ͸ͳȂ ͸ʹȌ –‘ –Š‡ ™‘‡ ƒ– –Š‡…‘—”–Ǥ ‹š‡† ‹–‘ –Š‹•…‘ŽŽ‡…–‹‘ ‘ˆ ‘”ƒ‡–•ǡ –Š‘—‰Šǡ ƒ”‡ •‡˜‡”ƒŽ ™‡ƒ’‘• ȋDz•‘‡ ƒ”•dzȌǤ Now Achilles, who has disguised himself as a woman so he won’t be recognized, comes to look through the wares being offered by this new merchant. Achilles looks only at the weapons and ignores the “female ornaments” entirely.  –Š‹• ƒ‡”ǡ…Š‹ŽŽ‡• „‡–”ƒ›• Š‹•‡Žˆ Dz–‘ –Š‡ ‡‡ ‡›‡ ‘ˆ Ž›••‡•dz ȋŽ‹‡• ͸ͷȂ͸͹Ȍ ƒ† ‹• †‹•…‘˜‡”‡†Ǥ ȋ Ȍ ‹• –Š‡…‘””‡…– answer choice because, as shown above, the purpose of Ulysses’ clever ploy is to trick Achilles into revealing himself. 29. (C) (p. 400) Reading/Key Ideas and Details/Development .  Ž‹‡• ͷͷȂͷ͸ǡ –Š‡ ’ƒ••ƒ‰‡ ˆ‘”‡•Šƒ†‘™• –Š‡ †‡ƒ–Š ‘ˆ Achilles by telling us that Thetis knows “her son was fated to perish before Troy if he went on the expedition.” So, ȋ Ȍ ‹• –”—‡Ǥ  Ž‹‡• ͵ͳȂ͵Ͷǡ –Š‡ ƒ—–Š‘” †‡•…”‹„‡• ‡Ž‡ǯ• ‡Ž‘’‡‡– ™‹–Š ƒ”‹• –‘ ”‘›ǡ ˆ”‘ Dz™Š‡…‡ ƒ”‘•‡ –Š‡ ˆƒ‘—• ”‘Œƒ ƒ”dzǢ ‹ ƒ††‹–‹‘ǡ –Š‡ •‡…‘† ’ƒ”ƒ‰”ƒ’Š †‡•…”‹„‡• –Š‡ ‰ƒ–Š‡”‹‰ ‘ˆ…Š‹‡ˆ–ƒ‹• ‹ ’”‡’ƒ”ƒ–‹‘