PrepTest 110, Section 1, Question 24
When women are persecuted on account of their(438 more words not shown)
The author describes persecution as(20 more words not shown)
- Ainternational acceptance of(11 more words not shown)
- Binternational concern about(16 more words not shown)
- Cpersecution is a(14 more words not shown)
- Dpersecution is the(15 more words not shown)
- Epersecution is the(12 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Linchpin means the central or essential factor. Here, persecution is central to determining who qualifies as a refugee. The following list then identifies reasons for that persecution.
What we’re looking for
That's different from asking why most people leave their countries. Someone might leave because of poverty or a natural disaster; the definition being discussed requires persecution.
Working the answers
- A
The sentence identifies a factor in the definition. It doesn't say that international acceptance depended on prior agreement about what persecution meant.
- B
We aren't given a historical account in which concern about the number of people fleeing caused the definition to be created.
- C
Nothing calls persecution controversial or describes a struggle to agree on its meaning. Being central is not the same as being disputed.
- D
This makes a claim about the main reason people leave their countries. The writer doesn't compare the frequency of persecution with other reasons for leaving. The sentence concerns eligibility, not what drives most migration.
- ECorrect
Persecution is the central factor in eligibility for refugee status under this definition. That preserves both the importance conveyed by linchpin and the specific question the definition answers: who qualifies?
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