PrepTest 128, Section 1, Question 12
In many Western societies, modern bankruptcy laws have(424 more words not shown)
The information in the passage(13 more words not shown)
- ABankruptcy laws always(12 more words not shown)
- BChanges in bankruptcy(12 more words not shown)
- CThe adjustment of(14 more words not shown)
- DBankruptcy laws underwent(14 more words not shown)
- EThe shift away(21 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Why did the approach change? The old system disabled people and businesses, which frustrated repayment and hurt the broader economy. Modern law tries to address those shortcomings. That gives us a supported inference without inventing a story about which officials pushed the reforms.
Working the answers
- A
We get one account of change, not a rule that bankruptcy laws “always” follow this gradual-philosophy/sudden-policy sequence. The timing isn't established either.
- B
Courts help carry out reorganizations. That doesn't mean they initiated the legal changes or that legislators adopted them grudgingly.
- C
Creditors' benefit being initially surprising doesn't establish that they bitterly opposed the change. Their reaction isn't reported.
- DCorrect
The final paragraph explicitly says modern law addresses the punitive approach's shortcomings. Keeping people earning and companies operating better serves society than disabling them. D puts those points together.
- E
We aren't told about a broader social movement toward rehabilitation. A change in bankruptcy law doesn't by itself establish what happened across society.
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