PrepTest 103, Section 4, Question 4
Opponents of compulsory national service claim that such(459 more words not shown)
According to the author, national(10 more words not shown)
- Ado not require(9 more words not shown)
- Bare at odds(9 more words not shown)
- Crequire different degrees(5 more words not shown)
- Dallow the government(11 more words not shown)
- Eserve ends beyond(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Both taxation and national service ask people to sacrifice for the community. That's the broad similarity I'd predict. We need to see which part of the comparison the choices capture, while keeping the writer's view separate from the objection in paragraph 3.
Working the answers
- A
The text says taxation “must be coerced.” Coerced means compelled, so we can't say both happen without compulsion.
- B
This is the conflict the writer argues against. Shared sacrifice can fit individual rights in a democracy; those rights don't eliminate every duty to contribute.
- C
Different people may pay different taxes or make different sacrifices. But the writer doesn't compare the two practices on that basis.
- D
Watch who is speaking. The suggestion that compulsory service “oversteps” government's boundaries belongs to the hypothetical opponent. The writer's response argues that the service can be justified. Interfering with someone's choices isn't automatically overstepping a legitimate boundary.
- ECorrect
The final paragraph gives us this more specific similarity. Taxes can fund programs that benefit society without being essential to the state’s survival (paragraph 4). Military service can likewise support rebuilding dams and bridges or helping disaster victims, rather than just defending against an attack. Both can serve the community beyond keeping the state alive.
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