PSAT Reading Question 443: Answer and Explanation

Question: 443

Which of Jefferson's statements from Passage 1 demonstrated the greatest foresight given the issues mentioned in Passage 2?

• A. Lines 7–8 ("A half dozen . . . metamorphosis")
• B. Lines 9–11 ("We are . . . the fall")
• C. Line 13 ("Either to . . . protect it")
• D. Lines 22–23 ("I wish . . . to you")

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

(C) First, think about what the question is asking. "Foresight" means that Jefferson was able to predict what might happen. So we are looking in the first passage for a prediction that comes true or could come true according to the second passage. Choice (C) is the only choice in which Jefferson anticipates America's vulnerability at its coasts, which is the topic of the second passage.