PrepTest 128, Section 1, Question 14

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As the twentieth century draws to a close,(461 more words not shown)

Which one of the following(10 more words not shown)

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We've already worked out a main-point prediction: national concerns shape the way people describe their cultural past.

We want an answer that covers the whole discussion, including the closing contrast between supposedly uniform cultures and their mixed origins.

A
This limits the claim to imperial societies obscuring the cultures of colonized peoples. The author also discusses how Europeans portrayed ancient Greece and how Algerians portrayed their own past. Colonial distortion is part of the discussion, but it isn't the full point.
B
The author does identify a similarity between these constructions. But “essentially no different” flattens the comparison, and the comparison itself doesn't capture the closing point about cultures containing many outside elements.
C
This turns two examples into the central claim. It also describes imposing a monolithic culture, whereas the author is concerned with shaping accounts and images of cultures.
D
The author doesn't recommend discarding imperial trappings to recover a pure earlier tradition. The Algerian example actually shows that images of that earlier tradition can also be idealized.
E
Correct
This sharpens our initial prediction. Nationalist concerns encourage images of cultures as unified, while growing historical understanding reveals their mixed composition. The Greek example introduces that mixture, and the final paragraph makes the contrast explicit. E captures that broader point rather than stopping at the observation that history can be rewritten.

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