PrepTest 116, Section 4, Question 19
In studying the autobiographies of Native Americans, most(441 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(18 more words not shown)
- AA person who(20 more words not shown)
- BA pictograph that(10 more words not shown)
- CA similar ritual(10 more words not shown)
- DA name given(16 more words not shown)
- EA decorated shield(12 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Identity was more than an isolated individual: it included relationships with the surrounding world. That points us back to the beginning of the second paragraph. We want an example that fits that conception, without inventing rules about names or tribal membership.
Working the answers
- A
Nothing tells us which name a person keeps after being raised by another tribe. Names can change with important events, but that doesn't establish either a mandatory change or mandatory retention here.
- BCorrect
A constellation in a person's pictograph initially fits the broader use of symbolic designs. The more specific support is in the second paragraph: identity relates to society, a landscape, and “the cosmos.” Connecting a person's representation with a constellation illustrates that last relationship. We don't have to rely only on the fact that these cultures used symbols.
- C
Naming can express personal history, but we aren't told different communities use similar rituals. This says little about the conception of identity itself.
- D
We have no rule requiring every person's name to be unique within a community.
- E
A shield's connection to an individual doesn't make its connection to a tribe impossible to trace. The emphasis on social relationships gives us no reason to assume that exclusion.
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