PrepTest 118, Section 2, Question 11
The moral precepts embodied in the Hippocratic oath,(437 more words not shown)
Based on information in the(24 more words not shown)
- AThe fact that(17 more words not shown)
- BYet, where such(17 more words not shown)
- CIt is thus(26 more words not shown)
- DBecause of this(25 more words not shown)
- EDespite many new(18 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Where did we leave off? The surgery example shows how old wording can still protect patients: practice within your expertise. My first thought is that a concluding sentence might continue that idea. A doctor shouldn't attempt a procedure they aren't qualified to perform.
What we’re looking for
Let's see which answer follows from that discussion without adding an unsupported new claim. The conclusion might also pull back from the example to the larger point it supports.
Working the answers
- A
Reinterpreting the wording doesn't show that doubts about the oath's original authorship suddenly matter. The writer already separated that historical issue from the principles' current usefulness.
- B
The writer allows changes at the edges, but says the core value should be retained. B proposes changing that core, which cuts against the defense we've just read.
- C
We haven't established that lack of imagination is the critics' only motive. The writer takes the modern ethical issues seriously, even while finding them insufficient to justify abandoning the oath.
- D
A tradition of reinterpretation doesn't establish that modern ethics is much more flexible than ethics in the past. That comparison hasn't been shown.
- ECorrect
This is broader than my first prediction: it returns to the main point. The surgery example shows that the oath can adapt while preserving its protective purpose, so wholesale revision isn't needed. That ties the final example back to the defense.
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