<p>Hey guys! I need some help with the following critical reading passages.</p>
<p>(For most of these short snippets, I have italicized the line references and maybe included some more lines before and after to show some context to the questions)</p>
<p>(These are also part of the Saturday, January 1997 test)</p>
<p>Also… please give explanation to why answers are correct and why answers are incorrect</p>
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<li>As used in line 20, “progressive” most nearly means</li>
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<p>(a) improving
(b) reformist
(c) continuing
(d) freethinking
(e) futuristic</p>
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<li>In lines 7-10, the author discusses French money in order to make which point?</li>
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<p>(a) Artists are held in esteem in French culture.
(b) People value art primarily as an investment.
(c) The author did not know what to expect in a foreign country.
(d) People in France are not as materialistically oriented as are people in the United States.
(e) The author’s finances influenced her feelings about her trip.</p>
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<li>The “American voice” described in lines 35-39 represents an attitude of </li>
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<p>(a) awe aroused by the beauty of the Louvre
(b) eagerness to be enriched by new ideas about art
(c) painful insignificance when standing next to such a grand building
(d) critical evaluation of the Louvre in terms of its historical context
(e) surprise because American art seems decadent compared to European art</p>
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<li>Paragraph four (lines 40-55) suggests which of the following concerning Iroquois tribal “heads” of three hundred years ago?</li>
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<p>(a) They were appointed by the European settles.
(b) They were rarely present at ceremonial gatherings.
(c) Their people expected them to negotiate on their behalf.
(d) They did not wield as much power as the tribal councils did.
(e) They adjudicated conflicts within their own tribes.</p>
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<li>Which statement best described the relationship between Proudhon’s theory and seventeenth century Huron practices discussed in lines 93-103?</li>
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<p>(a) An influential idea was publicized by those who had helped formulate it.
(b) An intellectual argument was based on Proudhon’s own experiences.
(c) Practical suggestions by nonspecialists were incorporated into a system of thought.
(d) A scholar’s perceptions were modified only after comparison with a historical example.
(e) The development of an abstract concept was influenced by an observed phenomenon.</p>
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<li>In line 96, “brands” most nearly means</li>
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<p>(a) marks
(b) manufactures
(c) varieties
(d) logos
(e) identifications</p>
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<li>In the sentence beginning “Like certain…” (lines 104-108), the author’s approach shifts from </li>
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<p>(a) manipulating highly charged rhetoric to introducing a counterappeal
(b) supplying selected historical references to using figurative language
(c) analyzing a process unemotionally to suggesting mild disapproval
(d) expressing skepticism to invoking cautious praise
(e) employing veiled blame to summarizing concepts optimistically</p>
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<li>In line 58 “proved” most nearly means</li>
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<p>(a) turned out
(b) made clear
(c) tested
(d) verified
(e) refined</p>
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<p>Holy! This took a long ass time to type.</p>