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Writing Test
43
ARCO
■ SAT II Subject Tests
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ANSWER KEY
1.
A
2.
E
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D
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D
5.
A
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C
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B
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D
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A
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A
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C
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B
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B
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A
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E
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D
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B
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D
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B
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E
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E
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A
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E
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E
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C
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C
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A
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B
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D
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C
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B
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D
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C
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B
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C
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D
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C
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D
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E
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C
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EXPLANATORY ANSWERS
1. The correct answer is (A). The verb in an “if” clause cannot be in the conditional aspect. Would not
have introduced in the main clause requires the past perfect tense in the “if” clause. Had not seen
would be correct. (In essence, the “if ... not” construction conveys the sense that the statement is
about something that might have happened but did not, so the would, which can convey the same
sense, is superfluous.)
(B) The participle playing is used as an adjective to modify the noun officers.
(C) Where is a subordinate conjunction correctly used to begin a new adverbial clause.
(D) Use of the past progressive tense was vacationing is consistent with other verb tenses in the sentence.
2. The correct answer is (E). The sentence as written is correct.
(A) “When we consider ... science” is a subordinate clause used to modify the main verb of the sentence
and explain the circumstances under which we “find” it hard to believe the historical fact described.
(B) That is a relative pronoun that introduces the noun clause (“the Black Death killed ...”) that
functions as the object of the main verb find.
(C) Killed is the past tense and is correctly used to describe an event that is entirely contained in the
past.
(D) The possessive is used correctly to identify the population being discussed.
3. The correct answer is (D). When and is used to join the elements of the subject of the sentence, the
elements are “added” together, so the subject is plural (and its verb must be plural). When the ele-
ments are joined using or, either/or, or neither/nor, the elements are not “added.” Instead, the verb
must agree with the last element of the subject:
. . . neither the producer nor the director was . . .
Compare:
. . . neither the producer nor the actors were . . .
(A) When is the logical conjunction to introduce this subordinate clause.
(B) Wrote correctly describes an action completed in the past.
(C) Opening is a gerund appropriately used as the object of the preposition of.