PrepTest 116, Section 4, Question 9
Many educators in Canada and the United States(454 more words not shown)
Critics who raise the objection(17 more words not shown)
- AThe social and(20 more words not shown)
- BThe historical and(17 more words not shown)
- CIt is impossible(18 more words not shown)
- DGenuine understanding of(12 more words not shown)
- EThe values of(16 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Which critics? The ones in the second paragraph, who object to studying other cultures solely through the majority culture's perspective. Their concern is that this lens distorts what we're trying to understand. Let's check the answers against the explanation they actually give.
Working the answers
- A
They don't say outsiders can never understand another culture's social and historical circumstances. Their objection is conditional: understanding suffers if we insist on approaching the culture solely through the majority perspective. A removes that condition.
- BCorrect
The critics say value systems developed under social and historical conditions that often differed profoundly (paragraph 2). Those circumstances help explain why cultures can have different values. B states that supporting idea rather than the broader objection we initially recalled, but the evidence is direct.
- C
The issue is which perspective we use, not a requirement to use at least two. Rejecting one particular framework doesn't establish that every successful approach must combine multiple frameworks.
- D
The critics aren't saying cultures must already share values to understand one another. They're saying that insisting on our own values as the only framework creates a problem.
- E
This changes what we're trying to understand. The objection concerns studying other cultures through the majority's perspective, not an inability to understand liberalism through Western science.
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