SSAT Secondary School Admission Test

Answer: Choice (A) is correct.

The relationship between the words in the first half of the analogy is a group of people, and how they are described. The literati is considered the ‘intellectual class’. Therefore, look for the answer pair that has a similar relationship. In choice (B), the paparazzi are photographers, not poseurs, or pretenders, so eliminate that choice. In choice (C), patricians were the aristocratic or noble class, so they had nothing to do with any deficiency. In choice (D), the glitterati are the jet-set, or the ‘beautiful people’. They are typically very social, and not unfriendly, so eliminate choice (D). In choice (A), the blue-collar class is primarily identified with those whose jobs typically involve manual labor, so that is the correct choice.