PrepTest 104, Section 3, Question 12
Personal names are generally regarded by European thinkers(443 more words not shown)
Based on the passage, with(20 more words not shown)
- AIts characterization of(11 more words not shown)
- BIt would be(13 more words not shown)
- CIts influence single-handedly(10 more words not shown)
- DIt is more(9 more words not shown)
- EIt is less(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Mill is right that names distinguish people. The author even says Hopi names “individuate persons.” The problem is treating that useful function as the entire story. Hopi names can also carry meaning and poetic beauty.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Mill's account is too narrow to cover names generally. It captures identification but misses features that matter in the Hopi examples.
- B
Adding social classification would give us Mill's function plus Lévi-Strauss's. The author thinks those two accounts still miss the poetic quality, so combining them wouldn't fully fix the problem.
- C
“Single-handedly” assigns all the influence to Mill. The opening also identifies Lévi-Strauss's account as influential and connects the neglect to these views together.
- D
The author doesn't rank Mill as more accurate. Both accounts capture a function but leave something important out.
- E
Nor does the author say Mill is less relevant. Hopi names both distinguish individuals and indicate social relationships, so both thinkers' functions appear in the explanation.
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