SAT #9 (Question 8)

Question

Sandeep would be most critical of which action from the passage?

Answer 1

Answer Choice C is the correct answer because Lines 66-68 say, “Simple situations were turned into complex dramatic ones; not until then did everyone feel important and happy.” These Lines most clearly tell us that Sandeep would be most critical of actions where people make a bigger deal out of something than it is, like the gift-giving scene where everyone “fussed and fussed and created the illusion that it was something, something unique and untasted and unencountered.” This matches Answer Choice C, which says that Sandeep would be critical of “the old lady’s reaction to the gift.” Answer Choice A is incorrect because the Passage doesn’t say much about the boys playing carrom, and doesn’t tell us that they ever turned simple situations into complex ones. Answer Choice B is incorrect because the Passage doesn’t indicate that Mamima’s question about the gender of the child made a situation more complex or dramatic than it had to be. Answer Choice D is incorrect because, while the greeting scene between the son and daughter-in-law and Chhotomama may qualify as being overly dramatic and complex, the two of them simply waiting in the anteroom wouldn’t be.