PrepTest 121, Section 2, Question 5
Social scientists have traditionally defined multipolar international systems(464 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(20 more words not shown)
- AEach of the(16 more words not shown)
- BIt provided the(12 more words not shown)
- CAll the factors(14 more words not shown)
- DEquilibrium in the(11 more words not shown)
- EIt was more(17 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Recall why the Concert of Europe appears: it illustrates the older picture of stable multipolarity. Members counterbalanced threats, and the system coincided with a long period of general peace. The question asks what follows about that example, so keep it separate from the warning about similar confrontations under modern conditions.
Working the answers
- A
The small confrontations are presented as helping preserve the balance, not as each threatening to break the system apart. This imports the later concern into the earlier example.
- B
A long period of peace doesn't establish the highest security possible. We haven't compared every alternative Europe could have had.
- C
This conflicts with the reassessment. Features thought to have supported the older equilibrium could create instability under modern conditions; their effects don't necessarily remain the same.
- DCorrect
The first paragraph explains that members group together to counter threats and that this counterbalancing produces stability. The Concert of Europe is offered as an example of that pattern.
- E
We aren't told that it was more stable than most other multipolar systems, or that unusual promptness explained such superiority. The text presents a well-known example, not a ranking among systems.
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