PrepTest 120, Section 2, Question 2
In 1963, a three-week-long demonstration for jobs at(464 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(15 more words not shown)
- AIt achieved all(19 more words not shown)
- BIt directly achieved(21 more words not shown)
- CIt achieved all(24 more words not shown)
- DIt achieved all(21 more words not shown)
- EIt eventually achieved(24 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
They didn't get everything they demanded. In the final paragraph, the agreement includes neither new legislation nor a commitment to a specific numerical increase in jobs. Keep those two missing results separate from the gains in enforcement and public awareness. We're being asked what the writer affirms about the outcome, not whether the campaign was an overall success or failure.
Working the answers
- A
The absence of a commitment to the requested job increases prevents us from saying that all the union-policy goals were achieved. The second half doesn't rescue that first claim.
- BCorrect
Neither set of demands was fully achieved: no new legislation from government and no promised numerical increase in jobs. Notice that this says neither all, not none. It leaves room for the enforcement pledge and other benefits the writer describes.
- C
The campaign didn't achieve all its goals for government policy; the requested new legislation was missing.
- D
Again, it didn't achieve all its government-action goals. We also aren't given a contrast between immediate government success and gradually changing public opinion.
- E
Adding “eventually” doesn't fix the claim that every goal was achieved. We aren't told of later developments that supplied the missing legislation or job commitments. Risk and extended effort don't establish a complete victory.
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