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Literature Subject Test
65
ARCO
■ SAT II Subject Tests
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ANSWER KEY
1.
C
2.
E
3.
A
4.
E
5.
A
6.
D
7.
D
8.
B
9.
A
10.
C
11.
B
12.
C
13.
A
14.
D
15.
D
16.
B
17.
C
18.
E
19.
C
20.
A
21.
A
22.
E
23.
C
24.
B
25.
A
26.
A
27.
D
28.
D
29.
D
30.
B
31.
E
32.
A
33.
C
34.
E
35.
D
36.
A
37.
B
38.
C
39.
B
40.
A
41.
E
42.
A
43.
D
44.
C
45.
C
46.
C
47.
E
48.
C
49.
A
50.
C
51.
B
52.
A
53.
B
54.
A
55.
E
56.
A
57.
D
58.
B
59.
B
60.
B
EXPLANATORY ANSWERS
1. The correct answer is (C).  The poem consists of four sentences. The first three occupy four lines
and the last sentence, two lines. If we focus on the main clauses of the sentences, the main points of
the poem can be summarized as follows:
Lines 1–4: You will shine more brightly (live on) in this poem.
Lines 5–8: Nothing will destroy the living record of your memory. (Again the poem itself.)
Lines 9–12: This praise (this poem) will last until the end of time.
Lines 13–14: Your memory will endure until Judgment Day.
The best summary of this development is provided by (C).
There is something very interesting about this poem. It seems to be written to a lover, but the
subject of the poem is not the lover. Notice that in this poem no characteristic of the lover is ever
mentioned. The subject is the poem itself: It speaks of “these conténts” (line 3), “living record of your
memory” (line 8), and “in this” (line 14). These are all references not to the lover to whom the poem
is addressed but to the poem itself.
As for the other answer choices, the poem includes or suggests elements of these ideas, but they
do not constitute the central idea of the poem.