PrepTest 104, Section 3, Question 10
Personal names are generally regarded by European thinkers(443 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(14 more words not shown)
- ASome parents select(9 more words not shown)
- BSome parents wait(18 more words not shown)
- CSome parents name(9 more words not shown)
- DSome family members(8 more words not shown)
- ESome family names(7 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Lévi-Strauss treats names as instruments of social classification. Think of a surname that tells us someone's occupation: it places that person in a social category, rather than merely distinguishing them from everyone else. Look for that sort of function.
Working the answers
- A
Choosing a name from a book doesn't tell us what social category the name identifies. A source for choosing names isn't itself social classification.
- B
Describing a child's looks or personality isn't the same as identifying a social category such as an occupation.
- C
Honoring a friend or famous person tells us why a parent likes a name. It doesn't establish that the name classifies its bearer socially.
- D
Family members having different names doesn't illustrate a name performing the classification function. We aren't told what any of those names communicates.
- ECorrect
An occupational family name identifies the sort of work its bearers did. That is a concrete example of social classification, matching the function Lévi-Strauss emphasizes.
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