PrepTest 137, Section 1, Question 24
Can a sovereign have unlimited legal power?(461 more words not shown)
According to the passage, which(27 more words not shown)
- AIt was difficult(10 more words not shown)
- BThose monarchs enacted(8 more words not shown)
- CIt became increasingly(11 more words not shown)
- DThose monarchs borrowed(12 more words not shown)
- EThose monarchs were(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The monarchs needed money, but their unrestricted authority made credible repayment commitments difficult. Creditors responded with less favorable lending terms. The consequence we should predict is trouble financing their imperial ambitions, not a benefit from being able to disregard their obligations.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
They needed substantial capital to expand their empires, but couldn't credibly promise repayment. Creditors wouldn't willingly provide generous funding on favorable terms, making expansion harder to finance. The problem is difficulty obtaining suitable credit, not a claim that borrowing became impossible.
- B
No new laws specifying creditors' obligations are described as a consequence. The monarchs' ability to disregard their own commitments is the issue.
- C
Wealthy subjects paid lower rates than monarchs. That comparison doesn't show that borrowing became easier for those subjects over time. C turns a difference between two groups into a claim about one group's improving circumstances.
- D
The account gives the opposite relationship: limiting the Crown's power later helped its borrowing increase. Unlimited authority made lenders less willing to offer favorable terms.
- E
Having no legal limits didn't force respect for property rights. The later restriction on the Crown supplied the protection that improved lenders' confidence. This answer attaches that later effect to the earlier unrestricted power.
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