Today’s ACT question of the day comes from the reading passage about the medieval court system. This detail question asks us: who was the accuser in these medieval trials? Continue reading
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ACT Question of the Day Explained – February 20, 2014 – Reading, Fiction
Today’s ACT question comes from the reading passage about Mrs. Sennett. It’s a detail question asking when a certain event takes place in the passage, relative to other events. Continue reading
ACT Question of the Day Explained – February 12, 2014 – Reading, Social Science
Today’s ACT reading question comes from the social science passage about the medieval justice system (other questions about this passage have appeared on February 4, January 19, and January 15 so far). Let’s see how trial by battle differs from trial by compurgation and ordeal in England. Continue reading
ACT Question of the Day Explained – February 4, 2014 – Reading Social Sciences
We have already answered two questions from this ACT social sciences passage about the medieval justice system (back on January 15 and January 19). Today’s question asks us what “being put to the proof” means in lines 18-19. Continue reading
ACT Question of the Day Explained – January 19, 2014 – Reading, Social Sciences
Today’s ACT question of the day comes from the same social sciences passage about the medieval court system that we read a few days ago. (Sorry that the ACT doesn’t publish a permanent link to its questions of the day like the SAT does! I’m looking for an online link to their questions, but the general principles still apply to the questions that you will see on test day – and those principles are more important than solving specific questions, since you won’t see these exact questions on your test, anyhow!)
We have a detail question that asks about a specific term from the passage: when was this specific kind of trial used? Let’s start by finding that term in the passage.
ACT Question of the Day Explained – January 15, 2014 – Reading
Today’s ACT question of the day is a reading question from a social science passage about the medieval legal system. The question asks us about the use of judges in the trials described in the passage, so our job is to skim back over the passage and find the mention(s) of judges.