{"id":"cb_question_bank:34fc37b4-b6dd-4785-9c10-b14f207013d3","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"34fc37b4-b6dd-4785-9c10-b14f207013d3","external_id":"eea1eb09-69b1-4abc-888a-3de34517beff","ibn":null,"question_id":"00460c13","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"EOI","domain":"Expression of Ideas","skill_code":"SYN","skill":"Rhetorical Synthesis","difficulty":"E","score_band":2,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"The student wants to identify the setting of Cather’s novel My Ántonia. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?","stimulus":"While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: Novelist Willa Cather grew up in Nebraska and attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Some of Cather’s best-known novels are set in Nebraska. Two such novels are O Pioneers! (1913) and My Ántonia (1918). Cather’s novels describe the experiences of immigrants who settled in the Great Plains.","stimulus_html":"<p>While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Novelist Willa Cather grew up in Nebraska and attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.</li>\n<li>Some of Cather’s best-known novels are set in Nebraska.</li>\n<li>Two such novels are <em>O Pioneers!</em> (1913) and <em>My Ántonia</em> (1918).</li>\n<li>Cather’s novels describe the experiences of immigrants who settled in the Great Plains.</li>\n</ul>","stem_html":"<p>The student wants to identify the setting of Cather’s novel <em>My Ántonia.</em><em>&nbsp;</em>Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>Choice A is the best answer. This choice directly identifies the setting of Cather’s novel <em>My Ántonia</em> as Nebraska.</p><p>Choice B is incorrect. This choice mentions that Cather wrote about immigrants, but it doesn’t indicate where they lived. Choice C is incorrect. This choice mentions that <em>My Ántonia</em> is one of Cather’s best-known novels but doesn’t state where it takes place. Choice D is incorrect. This choice mentions that some of Cather’s novels are set in Nebraska, but it doesn’t specify which ones, so we can’t be certain that <em>My Ántonia</em> is one of them. It also includes irrelevant information about Cather’s education.</p>","correct_answer":["A"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.371000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.371000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p><em>My Ántonia </em>is set in Nebraska, where Cather grew up.</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>Cather, author of <em>My Ántonia</em>, described the experiences of immigrants in her novels.&nbsp;</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>Among Cather’s best-known novels are <em>O Pioneers!</em> (1913) and <em>My Ántonia</em>&nbsp;(1918).</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>Cather attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and set some of her novels in Nebraska.</p>","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_name":"College Board digital SAT question bank (community dump)","rights_holder":"College Board","canonical_url":"https://satsuitequestionbank.collegeboard.org/","retrieved_from":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank/main/data/cb-digital-questions.json","attribution":"SAT practice questions © College Board, from the official SAT Suite Question Bank. Retrieved via the community dump at github.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank.","disclaimer":"SAT® and PSAT/NMSQT® are trademarks registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, does not sponsor, and does not endorse this project.","license":"College Board copyright; source repository carries no licence. Local use only.","redistributable":false,"item_count":2017}}