{"id":"cb_question_bank:e5bf223f-33f8-46f0-893d-189fafc17168","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"e5bf223f-33f8-46f0-893d-189fafc17168","external_id":"de631353-acac-472f-bc92-402aa2fb57b9","ibn":null,"question_id":"9e2d4ef7","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"EOI","domain":"Expression of Ideas","skill_code":"SYN","skill":"Rhetorical Synthesis","difficulty":"M","score_band":5,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"The student wants to introduce Paradise to an audience unfamiliar with the novel and its author. 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: Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gurnah was born in Zanzibar in East Africa and currently lives in the United Kingdom. Many readers have singled out Gurnah’s 1994 book Paradise for praise. Paradise is a historical novel about events that occurred in colonial East Africa.","stimulus_html":"<p>While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature.</li>\n<li>Gurnah was born in Zanzibar in East Africa and currently lives in the United Kingdom.</li>\n<li>Many readers have singled out Gurnah’s 1994 book <em>Paradise </em>for praise.</li>\n<li><em>Paradise</em> is a historical novel about events that occurred in colonial East Africa.</li>\n</ul>","stem_html":"<p>The student wants to introduce <em>Paradise</em> to an audience unfamiliar with the novel and its author. 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 effectively introduces&nbsp;<em>Paradise</em> to an audience unfamiliar with the novel and its author, describing <em>Paradise</em> as a historical novel about colonial East Africa and its author as the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature.&nbsp;</p><p>Choice A is incorrect. While the sentence introduces Abdulrazak Gurnah to an audience unfamiliar with the author, it doesn’t effectively introduce <em>Paradise</em>.&nbsp;Choice B is incorrect. While the sentence provides background information about <em>Paradise</em>, it doesn’t effectively introduce the novel to an audience unfamiliar with its author. Choice D is incorrect. While the sentence provides background information about <em>Paradise</em>, it doesn’t effectively introduce the novel to an audience unfamiliar with its author. </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>Abdulrazak Gurnah, who wrote <em>Paradise </em>and later was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, was born in Zanzibar in East Africa and currently lives in the United Kingdom.&nbsp;</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>Many readers have singled out Abdulrazak Gurnah’s 1994 book <em>Paradise, </em>a historical novel about colonial East Africa,<em> </em>for praise.&nbsp;</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>A much-praised historical novel about colonial East Africa, <em>Paradise</em> (1994) was written by Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature.</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p><em>Paradise</em> is a historical novel about events that occurred in colonial East Africa, Abdulrazak Gurnah’s homeland.</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}}