PrepTest 107, Section 2, Question 26
Until about 1970, anyone who wanted to write(430 more words not shown)
As used in the middle(27 more words not shown)
- Alinguistic studies of(16 more words not shown)
- Bthe editing and(17 more words not shown)
- Cquantitative studies of(20 more words not shown)
- Dcomparative studies of(17 more words not shown)
- Ereviews of the(26 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Our first description of the missing work might be studying the court records to learn how women were treated. Make that precise: paragraph 1 calls for quantitative studies of large numbers of cases. The next paragraph explains why that work hasn't been done.
Working the answers
- A
Learning the languages could help researchers read the records. But language study isn't the investigation of women's experiences that “the relevant scholarship” refers to.
- B
This has the right documents, but stops at preparing them for use. Editing and publishing records isn't the same as analyzing many cases to discover what happened to women.
- CCorrect
All three parts fit: quantitative analysis is the method, court cases are the material, and women's actual legal experiences are the subject. Looking across many cases could reveal patterns that a single example wouldn't establish.
- D
Views and intentions are what the familiar sources already help explain. Comparing those sources doesn't supply the missing study of actual courtroom experiences.
- E
Reviewing existing scholarship can show what is already known. It doesn't provide the missing investigation of court records. The problem isn't that no literature exists; it's that too little addresses these practical questions.
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