PrepTest 127, Section 4, Question 24
During most of the nineteenth century, many French(465 more words not shown)
Suppose that two proposals were(33 more words not shown)
- A"Housing should be(11 more words not shown)
- B"Housing should be(12 more words not shown)
- C"There should be(13 more words not shown)
- D"The quality of(11 more words not shown)
- E"Low-cost housing should(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
My first thought is that the first proposal goes partway toward equality and the second goes further. But that's still a rough description. We shouldn't call the second one perfect, because it retains traditional views of women's domestic roles.
What we’re looking for
For the housing analogy, we need to identify what each proposal actually emphasizes, not just find two policies that sound progressive.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
This makes the comparison more precise. The first proposal says everyone should have access to education (paragraph 2). That matches housing available to all. The second advocates equal education on the ground that women and men have equal rights. That matches nondiscriminatory real estate practices.
So the order works: access first, equal treatment second. At first, it can be tempting to treat availability to all as the more complete solution and reverse the match. Returning to the actual proposals resolves that confusion.
- B
The first half fits access. The second changes equal treatment into improving overall quality. Better education for everyone wouldn't necessarily remove unequal treatment between women and men.
- C
“All who can pay” restricts the first proposal's universal access. Its principle isn't that education should be available only to those who can afford it.
- D
The second half fits equal treatment, but the first emphasizes better quality instead of access for everyone.
- E
Lower cost and uniform quality aren't the same pair as universal access and nondiscrimination. Cheap housing needn't be available to everyone, and nothing makes price the first proposal's defining emphasis.
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