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USH SAT Practice Passage 4

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14 questions
In our final quarter of preparations for the SAT, we will be working on timing by using paired passages to train.

Please read the Paired Passage and answer the Short Answer questions in complete sentences. While these extra steps may seem "extra" or "time-consuming," they are designed to improve your reading skills and accuracy on the comprehension questions.

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Access Prior Knowledge: What do you know about the author of either Passage 1 or 2?

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What is the author's claim in Passage 1?

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What is the author's claim in Passage 2?

Before you approach the questions, consider: How do the two passages relate to one another?
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Do you think the authors would agree or disagree? Explain why.


SAT Paired Passages are intimidating, but deceivingly easy to use Process of Elimination. If an answer does not fit one Passage, it's out!

Half-right, but half-wrong is all wrong!

Regular Credit: 6, 7, 8, 11
Extra Credit: 5, 9, 10, 12
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In the first paragraph of Passage 1, the main purpose of Douglas’s discussion of the growth of the territory and population of the United States is to

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What does Passage 1 suggest about the US government’s provisions for the institution of slavery, as framed in the Constitution?

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Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

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As used in line 67, “element” most nearly means

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Based on Passage 2, Lincoln would be most likely to agree with which claim about the controversy over slavery?

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Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

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As used in line 84, “nature” most nearly means

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Which choice identifies a central tension between the two passages?

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Both passages discuss the issue of slavery in relationship to

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In the context of each passage as a whole, the questions in lines 25-27 of Passage 1 and lines 67-69 of Passage 2 primarily function to help each speaker