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60. The correct answer is (B).  In the context of the metaphor in the first paragraph, the author of the
book of humanity must surely be its creator, or God.

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■ SAT II Subject Tests
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FRENCH SUBJECT TEST
The French Subject Test is available in two formats: one is reading only and one includes a listening compo-
nent. The French Subject Test with Listening is offered only on selected dates and at specific locations. The
reading-only test is the one that is offered on national test dates and is the one discussed here.
The French Subject Test is designed to measure your ability to use French vocabulary correctly, to
identify correct grammatical forms, and to read and understand French. The level of difficulty varies,
since the test is based on the secondary-school curriculum and is usually taken by students who have had
from two to four years of French.
The test consists of 85 multiple-choice questions. Following are examples of the question types,
with explanations.
Vocabulary in Context
In this type of question you are given an incomplete sentence and asked to fill in the blank with the word
or expression that best completes it.
EXAMPLE:
1. Je voudrais manger tout de suite; j’ai extrêmement 
.
(A) fin
(B) appétit
(C) faim
(D) chaud
The answer is (C)j’ai extrêmement faim: I am extremely hungry. (A) is included here because it sounds
and looks like the correct answer, faim; (B) cannot follow j’ai without additional words in between; (D) is
structurally correct but meaningless here: “I would like to eat right away; I am extremely hot.”
Structure
Here again you are given an incomplete sentence and asked to complete it. In this case, the word or
expression that best completes the sentence will be one that makes it grammatically complete.