PrepTest 142, Section 3, Question 23
This passage is adapted from a review of(459 more words not shown)
It can be inferred from(26 more words not shown)
- ASome of their(15 more words not shown)
- BThey were more(12 more words not shown)
- CThey were as(11 more words not shown)
- DMost of them(13 more words not shown)
- EMost of them(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
García argues that earlier historians underestimated these activists. One piece of evidence is especially useful: activists in the 1930s and 1940s anticipated many reforms proposed by later Chicano activists. That gives us continuity in concerns, even though the later activists were more militant. Similar goals and equal militancy are different claims.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Anticipating many later reforms supports some overlap in concerns between the two generations. We do not need identical methods or equal militancy for the earlier activists to have pursued some of the same changes.
- B
More diverse than earlier historians recognized does not mean more diverse than the later activists. This changes the comparison from historians' assessment of one group to the relative diversity of two groups.
- C
The opening calls the Chicanos of the 1960s and 1970s “more militant.” That contradicts the claim of equal militancy.
- D
These positions belong to the Congress of Spanish-Speaking People. We are not told what proportion of all activists belonged to that group or shared both positions. One organization's platform cannot establish what most activists advocated.
- E
García emphasizes liberal reform rather than revolution as a common goal. This reverses that emphasis and adds an unsupported claim about what most activists preferred.
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