Sat practice Test #8 Answer Explanations

Choice A is the best answer. The pronoun “both” and prepositional 
phrase “of whom” refer to “dancers” and are used correctly to 
introduce a clause that describes how the dancers are hidden by 
the lion costume. “Whom” is used correctly as the object of the 
preposition “of.”
Choice B is incorrect because the word order doesn’t make grammatical 
sense and the pronoun “which” can’t be used to refer to people. 
Choices C and D are incorrect because they create comma splices.
QUESTION 17
Choice D is the best answer. The pronoun “those” correctly indicates 
that the moves in dance are being compared to the moves in martial 
arts. “Those” takes the place of the noun “moves” in the comparison.
Choices A, B, and C are incorrect because they do not compare similar 
things. “Moves” can’t be compared to “martial arts,” “acrobatics,” 
“disciplines,” “martial artists,” or “acrobats.”
QUESTION 18
Choice B is the best answer. This choice indicates that the phoenix 
represents new beginnings, which is consistent in content with 
the information explaining that the tortoise represents longevity. 
Additionally, this choice is presented as a parenthetical prepositional 
phrase beginning with the preposition “for,” which is consistent in 
structure with the parenthetical prepositional phrase “for longevity.”

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Choice A is incorrect because the parenthetical information indicates 
what a phoenix is, not what it represents. Furthermore, the information 
is not presented in a prepositional phrase. Choice C is incorrect 
because this choice indicates the source of the phoenix, not what 
it represents. Choice D is incorrect because it is vague and doesn’t 
identify what the phoenix symbolizes.
QUESTION 19
Choice D is the best answer. Sentence 5 most logically should follow 
sentence 7. The pronoun “their” in sentence 5 refers to the “black 
lions” (which are the youngest lions and dance quickly) in sentence 7. 
Sentence 5 indicates that the “older counterparts” to the young lions 
don’t move as quickly.
Choices A, B, and C are incorrect because placing sentence 5 after 
any other sentence in the paragraph would not be logical and would 
interrupt the flow of the passage.
QUESTION 20