{"id":"cb_question_bank:4a0d8a1d-f650-45ac-b5fe-a7e13723fd4c","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"4a0d8a1d-f650-45ac-b5fe-a7e13723fd4c","external_id":"ca621cb1-642b-480b-b511-a086f4c7f525","ibn":null,"question_id":"64e88c58","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"EOI","domain":"Expression of Ideas","skill_code":"SYN","skill":"Rhetorical Synthesis","difficulty":"H","score_band":7,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"The student wants to provide an explanation and an example of Oliveros’s Sonic Meditations . 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: In 1971, experimental musician Pauline Oliveros created Sonic Meditations . Sonic Meditations is not music but rather a series of sound-based exercises called meditations. Each meditation consists of instructions for participants to make, imagine, listen to, or remember sounds. The instructions for Meditation V state, “walk so silently that the bottoms of your feet become ears.” Those for Meditation XVIII state, “listen to a sound until you no longer recognize it.”","stimulus_html":"<p>While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 1971, experimental musician Pauline Oliveros created <em>Sonic Meditations</em>.</li>\n<li><em>Sonic Meditations</em> is not music but rather a series of sound-based exercises called meditations.</li>\n<li>Each meditation consists of instructions for participants to make, imagine, listen to, or remember sounds.</li>\n<li>The instructions for Meditation V state, “walk so silently that the bottoms of your feet become ears.”</li>\n<li>Those for Meditation XVIII state, “listen to a sound until you no longer recognize it.”</li>\n</ul>","stem_html":"<p>The student wants to provide an explanation and an example of Oliveros’s <em>Sonic Meditations</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. It describes what a “Sonic Meditation” is, and then gives an example in the form of Meditation XVIII. </p><p>Choice B is incorrect. This choice describes what a “Sonic Meditation” is, but doesn’t give an example of one. Choice C is incorrect. This choice gives an example of a “Sonic Meditation,” but doesn’t explain what the meditations are. Choice D is incorrect. This choice doesn’t describe what a “Sonic Meditation” is. </p>","correct_answer":["A"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.372000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.372000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p><em>Sonic Meditations</em> is not music but rather a series of sound-based meditations that consist of instructions; Meditation XVIII, for instance, instructs participants to “listen to a sound until you no longer recognize it.”</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>In 1971, Oliveros created <em>Sonic Meditations</em>, a series of meditations that consist of instructions for participants to make, imagine, listen to, or remember sounds.</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>“Walk so silently that the bottoms of your feet become ears” is one example of the instructions found in Oliveros’s <em>Sonic Meditations</em>.</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>While both meditations consist of instructions, Meditation XVIII instructs participants to “listen,” whereas Meditation V instructs participants to “walk.”</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}}