MCAT CARS Test Questions with Correct Answers Graded A+
What does empathetic mean? - Answers To be understanding or sensitive to the feelings, thoughts, and
experiences of others.
What is proponent? - Answers Advocate or agree with
If the claims made in the passage are correct, how would politicians on the political right be expected to
react to America's program to protect endangered species from extinction? - Answers Me: Failed to
choose the authors negative tone
Authors says the right hates government interference so they would hate and criticize. I had the right
answer at first but read that the program had little cost so I assumed they couldn't criticize it.
Lesson: choose BASED on authors tone. The criticize the authors main idea
To which of the following hypothetical Congressional actions would the author probably lend the most
support, based on the information in the passage? - Answers Missed the passage information that
companies did voluntary choice in regard to stop pollution
I did not know the answer automatically
Suppose researchers discovered the manuscript for an 1841 musical theater act to be preformed on
Mississippi River steamboats.... - Answers Strengthen because Musical originated from London that
author mentioned
I did not know the answer automatically
Which of the following questions are answered? - Answers choose answers that are evidenced in the
passage
Which would weaken the author's argument? - Answers expand upon reasoning in the text
usually points that contradict the main idea
,Character Development - Answers Make up a word that characterize the people in the passage and put
it against each answer choice
Main Idea - Answers Is the author an unbiased writer or do they feel strongly on the topic they are
writing about?
What is the author's purpose in writing this piece?
Are they aiming to persuade readers or simply inform them of the facts?
The author's suggestion that reality in art before Cézanne had been a "will-o'-the-wisp" can most
reasonably be interpreted to mean that artists before Cézanne had not:
A. attempted to imitate reality faithfully.
B. agreed about the value of Impressionism.
C. been able to perceive reality.
D. found a way to depict reality effectively. - Answers I choose C.
- C is wrong because they didn't have a problem with perception but with application.
D is the correct answer.
- the author mentions "perspective does not give us any glimpse of the reality.". So perception is present
but it is not being used effectively.
The author's assertion that Greek, Roman, and Renaissance art tried to represent the world accurately
is:
A. illustrated in the passage by examples of specific works of art.
B. not supported by evidence in the passage.
C. supported in the passage by a discussion of the nature of perception.
, D. contradicted by evidence later in the passage.
We know, for example, that at various stages in the history of art there have been attempts to make art
"imitative"; and not only Greek and Roman art, but the Renaissance of Classical art in Europe, were
periods of art possessed by a desire to represent the world "as it really is." But there always intervened
between the visual event and the act of realizing the vision an activity which we can only call
interpretative. This intervention seemed to be made necessary by the very nature of perception, which
does not present to the senses a flat two-dimensional picture with precise b - Answers I chose C.
- The author automatically went from knowledge on Greeks to perception. Upon further analysis I see
that the two ideas are not related. They are just sequential.
Correct Answer: B
The author asserts Greek and Roman art was "possessed of a desire to represent the world as it really
is'" without offering specific examples or discussion of exactly how Greek and Roman artists attempted
this.
Suppose that a painting contained words with no apparent relevance to the scene depicted. The passage
suggests that in discussing this painting, the passage author would be most likely to:
A. assume that the artist intended to puzzle the viewer.
B. interpret the scene on the basis of the words.
C. interpret the words on the basis of the scene.
D. discuss the scene without reference to the words. - Answers I choose A.
- I was confused with the question. I missed this point in the passage.
Correct Answer is C.
-When Poussin removed the death's-head and retained the Latin phrase Et in Arcadia ego, the words
originally attributed to the death's-head, the viewer is forced to attribute the words to the tomb or the
dead person inside the tomb and to mistranslate the Latin phrase; thus, the viewer is forced to interpret
the words on the basis of the scene.
What does empathetic mean? - Answers To be understanding or sensitive to the feelings, thoughts, and
experiences of others.
What is proponent? - Answers Advocate or agree with
If the claims made in the passage are correct, how would politicians on the political right be expected to
react to America's program to protect endangered species from extinction? - Answers Me: Failed to
choose the authors negative tone
Authors says the right hates government interference so they would hate and criticize. I had the right
answer at first but read that the program had little cost so I assumed they couldn't criticize it.
Lesson: choose BASED on authors tone. The criticize the authors main idea
To which of the following hypothetical Congressional actions would the author probably lend the most
support, based on the information in the passage? - Answers Missed the passage information that
companies did voluntary choice in regard to stop pollution
I did not know the answer automatically
Suppose researchers discovered the manuscript for an 1841 musical theater act to be preformed on
Mississippi River steamboats.... - Answers Strengthen because Musical originated from London that
author mentioned
I did not know the answer automatically
Which of the following questions are answered? - Answers choose answers that are evidenced in the
passage
Which would weaken the author's argument? - Answers expand upon reasoning in the text
usually points that contradict the main idea
,Character Development - Answers Make up a word that characterize the people in the passage and put
it against each answer choice
Main Idea - Answers Is the author an unbiased writer or do they feel strongly on the topic they are
writing about?
What is the author's purpose in writing this piece?
Are they aiming to persuade readers or simply inform them of the facts?
The author's suggestion that reality in art before Cézanne had been a "will-o'-the-wisp" can most
reasonably be interpreted to mean that artists before Cézanne had not:
A. attempted to imitate reality faithfully.
B. agreed about the value of Impressionism.
C. been able to perceive reality.
D. found a way to depict reality effectively. - Answers I choose C.
- C is wrong because they didn't have a problem with perception but with application.
D is the correct answer.
- the author mentions "perspective does not give us any glimpse of the reality.". So perception is present
but it is not being used effectively.
The author's assertion that Greek, Roman, and Renaissance art tried to represent the world accurately
is:
A. illustrated in the passage by examples of specific works of art.
B. not supported by evidence in the passage.
C. supported in the passage by a discussion of the nature of perception.
, D. contradicted by evidence later in the passage.
We know, for example, that at various stages in the history of art there have been attempts to make art
"imitative"; and not only Greek and Roman art, but the Renaissance of Classical art in Europe, were
periods of art possessed by a desire to represent the world "as it really is." But there always intervened
between the visual event and the act of realizing the vision an activity which we can only call
interpretative. This intervention seemed to be made necessary by the very nature of perception, which
does not present to the senses a flat two-dimensional picture with precise b - Answers I chose C.
- The author automatically went from knowledge on Greeks to perception. Upon further analysis I see
that the two ideas are not related. They are just sequential.
Correct Answer: B
The author asserts Greek and Roman art was "possessed of a desire to represent the world as it really
is'" without offering specific examples or discussion of exactly how Greek and Roman artists attempted
this.
Suppose that a painting contained words with no apparent relevance to the scene depicted. The passage
suggests that in discussing this painting, the passage author would be most likely to:
A. assume that the artist intended to puzzle the viewer.
B. interpret the scene on the basis of the words.
C. interpret the words on the basis of the scene.
D. discuss the scene without reference to the words. - Answers I choose A.
- I was confused with the question. I missed this point in the passage.
Correct Answer is C.
-When Poussin removed the death's-head and retained the Latin phrase Et in Arcadia ego, the words
originally attributed to the death's-head, the viewer is forced to attribute the words to the tomb or the
dead person inside the tomb and to mistranslate the Latin phrase; thus, the viewer is forced to interpret
the words on the basis of the scene.
