PrepTest 101, Section 4, Question 22
Two impressive studies have reexamined Eric Williams' conclusion(454 more words not shown)
It can be inferred that(18 more words not shown)
- Asupport the claim(15 more words not shown)
- Bsupport the contention(10 more words not shown)
- Cemphasize the importance(8 more words not shown)
- Dindicate that the(10 more words not shown)
- Eestablish that laborers(7 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
How does proposing to enslave unemployed people fit a proud tradition of liberty? The sentence before these “certain notables” introduces Eltis's rejection of Drescher's idealized view of that tradition. The proposal makes that favorable picture harder to accept. We need the purpose of citing it, not just a related fact about labor.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Prominent people advocating enslavement is evidence against an uncomplicated commitment to liberty. It supports Eltis's criticism of Drescher's portrayal without needing to prove that nobody in Britain valued freedom.
- B
Workers' economic importance is part of the surrounding context. But this example specifically shows acceptance of coercion, supporting the criticism of the liberty tradition.
- C
A proposal to enslave unemployed people doesn't establish slavery's importance as an existing institution within Britain. What certain people advocated isn't automatically what the country practiced.
- D
These are prominent people's views about laborers, not laborers' views about abolition.
- E
The proposal doesn't establish which civil rights laborers actually had. Its role is to reveal a willingness to use coercion, not to describe their legal rights.
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