Sat 2015 Practice Test #1 Answer Explanations

Choice B is the best answer
because it provides a coherent and 
grammatically standard sentence. 
Choices A and D are incorrect because both present “students” in the 
possessive form, whereas the sentence establishes “students” as the 
subject (“many students . . . have”). Choice C is incorrect because the 
verb form it proposes results in an incomplete and incoherent sentence. 
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Choice C is the best answer
because it accurately depicts how 
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that Plato used the dialogue form has little relevance to the preceding 
claim about the usefulness of a philosophy background. 
Choices A and B are incorrect because the proposed sentence 
interrupts the progression of reasoning in the paragraph. Choice D is 
incorrect because, as with Choice A, Plato’s works have nothing to do 
with “the employability of philosophy majors.” 
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Choice D is the best answer
because it creates a complete and 
coherent sentence. 
Choices A, B, and C are incorrect because each inserts an unnecessary 
relative pronoun or conjunction, resulting in a sentence without a 
main verb. 

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Choice D is the best answer
because it provides a possessive pronoun 
that is consistent with the sentence’s plural subject “students,” thus 
creating a grammatically sound sentence. 
Choices A, B, and C are incorrect because each proposes a possessive 
pronoun that is inconsistent with the plural noun “students,” the 
established subject of the sentence. 
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QUESTION 1 
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QUESTION 2