{"id":"cb_question_bank:d3315001-1b6b-47b3-a8f8-e490f04b607c","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"d3315001-1b6b-47b3-a8f8-e490f04b607c","external_id":"b89a8975-4a42-461e-99fd-0fd1b7a2ad8d","ibn":null,"question_id":"a86c0b1b","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"EOI","domain":"Expression of Ideas","skill_code":"SYN","skill":"Rhetorical Synthesis","difficulty":"M","score_band":4,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"The student wants to specify the reason the Pleiades’ appearance changed. 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: Ancient Native American and Australian Aboriginal cultures described the Pleiades star cluster as having seven stars. It was referred to as the Seven Sisters in the mythology of ancient Greece. Today, the cluster appears to have only six stars. Two of the stars have moved so close together that they now appear as one.","stimulus_html":"<p>While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ancient Native American and Australian Aboriginal cultures described the Pleiades star cluster as having seven stars.</li>\n<li>It was referred to as the Seven Sisters in the mythology of ancient Greece.</li>\n<li>Today, the cluster appears to have only six stars.</li>\n<li>Two of the stars have moved so close together that they now appear as one.</li>\n</ul>","stem_html":"<p>The student wants to specify the reason the Pleiades’ appearance changed. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>Choice C is the best answer. The sentence specifies the reason the Pleiades’ appearance changed, noting that two of the cluster’s stars have moved so close together that they now appear as one star. </p><p>Choice A is incorrect. The sentence specifies how ancient Native American and Australian Aboriginal cultures described the Pleiades; it doesn’t specify the reason the Pleiades’ appearance changed.&nbsp;Choice B is incorrect. The sentence describes the appearance of the Pleiades today; it doesn’t specify the reason the Pleiades’ appearance changed. Choice D is incorrect. The sentence explains why two of the Pleiades’ stars appear to be a single star; it doesn’t specify the reason the Pleiades’ appearance changed. </p>","correct_answer":["C"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.353000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.353000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>Ancient Native American and Australian Aboriginal cultures described the Pleiades, which was referred to in Greek mythology as the Seven Sisters, as having seven stars.</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>Although once referred to as the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades appears to have only six stars today.</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>In the time since ancient cultures described the Pleiades as having seven stars, two of the cluster’s stars have moved so close together that they now appear as one.</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>The Pleiades has seven stars, but two are so close together that they appear to be a single star.</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}}