PrepTest 104, Section 3, Question 8
Personal names are generally regarded by European thinkers(443 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(8 more words not shown)
- AUnlike European names,(18 more words not shown)
- BUnlike European names,(22 more words not shown)
- CLacking knowledge of(23 more words not shown)
- DAlthough some Hopi(29 more words not shown)
- EWhile performing the(22 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already predicted that the European accounts of names are too narrow, and that Hopi names show what they miss. Names can identify and classify people while carrying additional meaning.
What we’re looking for
Now we need a version of that criticism. Watch for an answer that captures what the Hopi example adds, rather than simply listing differences between cultures.
Working the answers
- A
Identifying and classifying people aren't the whole point. This leaves out the poetic quality that challenges the European accounts. It also treats those thinkers' theories as established facts about what European names exclusively do.
- B
Hopi names don't neglect identification or social classification. The final paragraph expressly says they do both. Their poetic qualities are additional functions.
- C
We aren't told that these thinkers studied Hopi names and failed to understand them. Their narrow views have led other functions and meanings to be neglected.
- D
The account isn't primarily about a naming formula, and it doesn't say every name combines those references in the same way. This misses the criticism of the European views.
- ECorrect
This makes our prediction more precise: the missing feature is aesthetic quality. The author repeatedly emphasizes images, poetry, and beauty, while accepting that Hopi names also identify and classify people. E captures both what the European accounts get and what they leave out.
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