PrepTest 104, Section 2, Question 9
By the mid-fourteenth century, professional associations of canon(451 more words not shown)
The author refers to the(13 more words not shown)
- Aintroduce a theory(4 more words not shown)
- Billustrate the type(8 more words not shown)
- Cunderline the universality(7 more words not shown)
- Dpoint out a(9 more words not shown)
- Erebut an anticipated(6 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Some associations actively obstructed discipline. How? The next sentence gives the Florentine example: members couldn't participate in proceedings against colleagues. We're seeing what the preceding claim looked like in practice.
Working the answers
- A
This illustrates a point already made; it doesn't introduce a new theory.
- BCorrect
The previous sentence says some organizations tried to “hobble efforts at enforcement.” Barring members from any role in disciplinary proceedings is an example of doing exactly that.
- C
One guild's rule doesn't show a universal practice. The preceding claim is about “Some” organizations.
- D
There's a flaw in the disciplinary system, not a flaw in the argument about it. The example supports the earlier claim that organizations obstructed discipline.
- E
Nobody's anticipated objection is being answered. The rule supplies evidence for the preceding statement.
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