PSAT Writing and Language Question 332: Answer and Explanation

Question: 332

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. there were many students who were introduced
• C. Obata introduced many students
• D. an introduction was made between students and Obata

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

The order of words is changing in the answer choices, so the question is testing precision. The underlined phrase follows a modifying phrase, so it must begin with the noun that the modifying phrase describes, or the subject of the sentence. The modifying phrase says As a professor at the University of California, so the phrase after the comma must begin with the person whom this phrase describes. Obata is the person being described, so eliminate answer choices that don't begin with Obata. Eliminate (A) and (B) because neither begins with Obata: many students weren't a professor at the University of California. Keep (C) because it correctly states that Obata was a professor at the University of California. Eliminate (D) because it does not begin with Obata: an introduction wasn't a professor at the University of California. The correct answer is (C).