Why a line, example or reference is in the passage — literature and the arts passages
CAT has tested this idea 8 times across 6 papers, from 2019 to 2025. Solve one, and the others are the same method with different numbers or wording, which is why repeated concepts are the most efficient thing to practise.
| Question | What it asks | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| CAT 2019 Slot 1 · VARC Q15 | british folk music; why folk 'may often appear a cosy, fossilised form' | A |
| CAT 2019 Slot 1 · VARC Q18 | british folk music; purpose of the william morris floral-prints reference | B |
| CAT 2022 Slot 2 · VARC Q15 | music-making as universal; what 'think beyond all the qualifications' conveys | B |
| CAT 2024 Slot 1 · VARC Q19 | streaming archives; purpose of the stranger things re-editing example | A |
| CAT 2025 Slot 1 · VARC Q9 | electronic music; how the 'communication problem' relates to the opening questions | B |
| CAT 2025 Slot 2 · VARC Q5 | setting in literature; what the example of literary description of place illustrates | A |
| CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC Q5 | tribal sense of time; what explains the worship of dead ancestors | C |
| CAT 2025 Slot 3 · VARC Q6 | tribal narrative conventions; why non-human forms show human emotions in them | D |
Part of RC · Arts & Culture (41 questions since 2017).