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SAT Reading: Passage Comparison Drill 2, Problem 1

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00:03

Ask not what Shmoop can do for you; ask what you can do for Shmoop. Like... letting us

00:08

borrow your car would be cool.

00:22

The primary difference between the two passages is that...what?

00:27

And here are the potential answers...

00:33

Both of these passages talk about our friend, Zora...

00:36

It's Zora. Not Zorro.

00:39

Both passages are about Zora Neale Hurston... who as far as we know, never spent time as

00:43

a masked crime fighter.

00:46

We'll have to give the passages a close read to get to the bottom of this question.

00:49

(A) looks tempting, since Passage 2 doesn't mention Their Eyes Were Watching God...

00:54

But neither passage focuses entirely on Hurston's work.

00:57

So we can send (A) away with a slap on the wrist. Alright (B).

01:01

This answer choice is just making stuff up.

01:04

Zora doesn't say anything about her childhood in Passage One, so (B) is off our radar.

01:09

Choice (C).

01:09

"Ambivalence" is when a person has "simultaneous conflicting feelings" about something.

01:18

Knowing this tidbit of information, we can get rid of (C) because the author of Passage

01:21

1 only mentions the ambivalence of other writers. Neither of the passages say anything about

01:26

Hurston's family. Choice (E) takes an aimless swing at the point... but it's a big miss.

01:32

Since Passage 1 and Passage 2 examine different aspects of Hurston's individuality, (B) is

01:37

the best answer.

01:38

What can we say? Zora was definitely an original.

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