PrepTest 119, Section 1, Question 5
Economists have long defined prosperity in terms of(440 more words not shown)
The author compares the economists'(16 more words not shown)
- Aintroduce the idea(8 more words not shown)
- Badvocate an innovative(5 more words not shown)
- Csuggest that quality(7 more words not shown)
- Dprovide additional evidence(5 more words not shown)
- Eillustrate the limitations(4 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Match the two sides of the analogy. Book sales are a convenient number, but literary merit is a broader judgment. Monetary activity is also a convenient number, but prosperity includes more than that number captures. The comparison should help make the limitation in the economists' measure clear.
Working the answers
- A
An inadequate measure doesn't establish that all judgments of worth are subjective. The writer says sales are a poor substitute for an accurate appraisal, not that accuracy is impossible.
- B
We aren't getting a new method for evaluating books. The book example serves the argument about prosperity.
- C
Comparing prosperity to literary merit doesn't turn quality of life into a mainly aesthetic issue. What matches is the weakness of relying on an easily counted figure.
- D
The writer hasn't established that prosperity cannot be quantified. The objection is to this narrow measure, and the analogy illustrates that objection rather than proving measurement impossible.
- ECorrect
Just as sales can miss a book's literary value, monetary totals can miss important aspects of prosperity. The analogy illustrates why ease of calculation doesn't make the economists' measure adequate.
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