PrepTest 110, Section 1, Question 26
When women are persecuted on account of their(438 more words not shown)
The primary purpose of the(3 more words not shown)
- Atrace the development(7 more words not shown)
- Binterpret the historical(8 more words not shown)
- Cresolve two apparently(6 more words not shown)
- Dsuggest an alternative(5 more words not shown)
- Eargue against the(6 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We predicted that women facing gender-based persecution can qualify through the flexible social-group category. We also noted the possible effect on national laws. I'd expect a purpose answer about explaining that definition and its application.
What we’re looking for
The answer may describe the work more broadly than our prediction does. We should check how it fits the discussion from the earlier definition through the later guidance.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Refugee is the important term. The earlier definition lacked social group; the Convention added it; the Handbook explains its broad scope; the later report supports an application to women. That is a development in how the term is defined and applied. A doesn't expressly mention women, which initially makes it less appealing than our prediction, but it accurately captures the overall progression.
- B
The dates and documents don't make this an account of the historical circumstances that produced them. We aren't told what events led their writers to create the documents. We are examining what their definitions mean.
- C
The Handbook's interpretation is presented as consistent with the Convention's intended flexibility. The writer doesn't resolve two contradictory readings of one document.
- D
The writer explains an existing definition's reach. There is no much-disputed problem followed by a competing proposed solution.
- E
This would require a case against the current definition. Instead, the writer shows why its flexible category permits the protection at issue. Explaining how the definition includes women is not arguing that the definition is wrong.
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