Sat 2015 Practice Test #1 Answer Explanations

Choice B is the best answer.
In this passage, Woolf asks women 
a series of questions. Woolf wants women to consider joining “the 
procession of educated men” (lines 56-57) by becoming members 
of the workforce. Woolf stresses that this issue is urgent, as 
women “have very little time in which to answer [these questions]” 
(lines 48-49). 
Choice A is incorrect because Woolf argues against the tradition of 
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Choice C is incorrect because Woolf is not highlighting the severity 
of social divisions as much as she is explaining how those divisions 
might be reduced (with women joining the workforce). Choice D is 
incorrect because Woolf does not question the feasibility of changing 
the workforce dynamic. 
QUESTION 33 
Choice A is the best answer.
Throughout the passage, Woolf 
advocates for more women to engage with existing institutions by 
joining the workforce: “We too can leave the house, can mount those 
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they are at a “moment of transition” (line 51) where they must consider 
their future role in the workforce. 
Choice B is incorrect because even though Woolf mentions women’s 
traditional roles (lines 68-69: “while they stirred the pot, while they 
rocked the cradle”), she does not suggest that women will have to 
give up these traditional roles to gain positions of influence. Choice C 
is incorrect because though Woolf wonders how “the procession 
of the sons of educated men” impacts women’s roles, she does not 
argue that this male-dominated society has had grave and continuing 
effects. Choice D is incorrect because while Woolf suggests educated 
women can hold positions currently held by men, she does not 
suggest that women’s entry into positions of power will change 
those positions. 

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