PrepTest 115, Section 1, Question 19
Donna Haraway's Primate Visions is the most ambitious(431 more words not shown)
According to the author of(21 more words not shown)
- AIt is a(8 more words not shown)
- BIt is an(8 more words not shown)
- CIt is generally(5 more words not shown)
- DIt has rarely(7 more words not shown)
- EIt has rarely(6 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What did the third paragraph tell us about the fragmented method? It is familiar in theoretical discussion, but rarely used by historians of science. Keep those two distinctions: talking about a method isn't applying it, and historians of science aren't every possible group of historians.
Working the answers
- A
The writer discusses cultural issues, but doesn't establish that this method is particularly effective for them. That is an extra assessment, not the stated fact about its use.
- B
Familiar in theorizing doesn't mean commonly applied. This also broadens the claim to many disciplines, which we aren't given information about.
- C
The method isn't described as generally less effective. Some readers may have trouble accepting Haraway's approach, but that doesn't establish lower effectiveness.
- D
The stated group is historians of science, not historians who emphasize causal arguments. Causal narrative is mentioned as a traditional alternative; that doesn't give us a usage claim about everyone who favors it.
- ECorrect
The method is seldom used in actual histories of science (paragraph 3). E restates exactly that distinction between a familiar theoretical proposal and unusual actual practice.
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