Welcome to Practice SAT Reading and Writing Retrieval Tests.
In this exercise you will find 10 randomly selected questions from hundreds of questions. You are likely to see different questions each time you repeat the test. Therefore, I strongly recommend that you practice until you get all the questions correct.
There is no time limit on the test. At the end of the test you will be given the correct or incorrect answers to the questions and the detailed solutions. Please carefully examine the solutions to the questions you answered incorrectly. You can send your comments in the comments section at the end of the test.
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1.
The following is adapted from Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice (1813). The author is describing Elizabeth Bennet, one of the central characters in the novel.
It had now entered Elizabeth’s mind that Mr. Darcy might wish to make her his wife, and the idea that he would do so touched her with a sort of reverential gratitude. How good of him—nay, it would be almost as if a winged messenger had suddenly stood beside her path and held out his hand towards her! For a long while she had been oppressed by the indefiniteness which hung in her mind, like a thick summer haze, over all her desire to make her life greatly effective.
According to the text, what is true about Elizabeth?
2.
The following is adapted from Jane Austen’s 1813 novel “Pride and Prejudice.” The author is describing Elizabeth Bennet, one of the central characters in the novel.
“It had now entered Elizabeth’s mind that Mr. Darcy might be developing feelings for her, and the idea that he would do so filled her with a peculiar mix of emotions. How surprising—nay, it would be almost as if a hidden admirer had suddenly stepped forward from the shadows and extended an invitation to her! For a long while, she had been troubled by the uncertainty that lingered in her mind, like a persistent fog, over all her hopes of finding a true companion.”
According to the text, what is true about Elizabeth Bennet?
4.
The following text is from Jane Austen’s novel “Pride and Prejudice.” Elizabeth Bennet is encountering Mr. Darcy at a social gathering for the first time.
Elizabeth Bennet walked into the room, and her eyes immediately met those of Mr. Darcy. There was a moment of hesitation in Mr. Darcy’s gaze, and then a subtle smile played on his lips. Elizabeth, in turn, felt a flutter of excitement. She could sense that something had shifted in the air between them.
According to the text, what is true about Elizabeth Bennet?
5.
The following passage is an excerpt from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. The narrator, Nick Carraway, is describing his first impression of Jay Gatsby. “There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away. This responsiveness had nothing to do with that flabby impressionability which is dignified under the name of the “creative temperament” — it was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again.”
According to the passage, what is true about Jay Gatsby?Â
6.
The following passage is from Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice:
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
Based on this passage, which of the following statements accurately reflects the author’s viewpoint?
7.
The following text is from Jane Austen’s 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth Bennet is listening to Mr. Darcy speak at the Meryton assembly.
Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien, and the report which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year. The gentlemen pronounced him to be a fine figure of a man, the ladies declared he was much handsomer than Mr. Bingley, and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.
According to the text, what is true about Mr. Darcy?
8.
The following is adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel “The Great Gatsby.” The author is describing the character Daisy Buchanan.
Daisy was popular in the regiment, as you may remember, and I first met her when she was seventeen and I was twenty-one. She is now twenty-four, and has been for four years. Next to me in the sunlight sat Daisy, her voice was sad and lovely, with bright things in it, bright eyes, and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered “Listen,” a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a while since and that there were gay, exciting things hovering in the next hour.
According to the text, what is true about Daisy Buchanan?
