Sat 2015 Practice Test #1 Answer Explanations

Choice D is the best answer.
Woolf writes that the men who conduct 
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preaching, teaching, administering justice, practising medicine, 
transacting business, making money”) are the same men who go to 
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joining this procession, an act that suggests the workforce has become 
less exclusionary: “For there, trapesing along at the tail end of the 
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Choice A is incorrect because the procession is described as “a 
solemn sight always” (lines 17-18), which indicates that it has 
always been influential. Choice B is incorrect because the passage 

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does not indicate that this procession has become a celebrated 
feature of English life. Choice C is incorrect because the passage 
states only that the procession is made up of “the sons of educated 
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QUESTION 37 
Choice C is the best answer,
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has become less exclusionary. In these lines Woolf describes how 
women are joining the male-dominated procession that travels to and 
from the work place: “For there, trapesing along at the tail end of the 
procession, we go ourselves.” 
Choices A, B, and D are incorrect because they do not provide the 
best evidence for the answer to the previous question. Choice A is 
incorrect because lines 12-17 describe the positions predominantly 
held by men. Choice B is incorrect because lines 17-19 use a 
metaphor to describe how the procession physically looks. 
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jobs for women. 
QUESTION 38 
Choice C is the best answer.
Woolf characterizes the questions she 
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urgent (“we have very little time in which to answer them,” lines 48-49). 
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Choice A is incorrect because Woolf characterizes the questions as 
urgent and important, not as something that would cause controversy 
or fear. Choice B is incorrect because though Woolf considers the 
questions to be weighty (or “important”), she implies that they can be 
answered. Choice D is incorrect because Woolf does not imply that the 
questions are mysterious. 
QUESTION 39