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SAT Reading Long Passages Drill 1, Problem 4

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All we are saying... is give Shmoop a chance...

00:10

If you need to look over the passage again, press pause and give it a skim...

00:40

In line 46, "exhilaration" most nearly means... what?

00:44

And here are the potential answers...

00:51

Man, it's pretty clear where this passage

00:53

would rank if we measured it with Shmoop's Sad-o-meter.

00:56

The passage points to the huge change that marked Cobain in two short years:

01:01

...specifically, the pressure of representing an entire generation caused his state of mind

01:05

to shift from "exhilaration" to "despondency and suicide."

01:10

The good news for us is that it's easy to eliminate most of these answer choices.

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"Low expectations," "lack of reaction," "difficulty," and "annihilation" aren't

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exhilarating in any way at all...

01:22

So we can get all of these choices out of our lives before they bring us down any more.

01:27

"High level of energy" totally fits with exhilaration, though, making (E) the only

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answer choice that works.

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If questions like this keep coming at us, we'll need to seriously consider getting

01:36

the Sad-o-meter insured.

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