PrepTest 142, Section 3, Question 27
This passage is adapted from a review of(459 more words not shown)
The passage supports which one(10 more words not shown)
- AEthnic consciousness increases(8 more words not shown)
- BEthnic consciousness increases(12 more words not shown)
- CEthnic consciousness decreases(15 more words not shown)
- DVariations in the(20 more words not shown)
- EVariations in rates(13 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Unpack the final sentence carefully. Bilingualism, immigration and naturalization are variables that help create variations in ethnic consciousness. That establishes some influence. It does not tell us a simple direction, such as more immigration producing more ethnic consciousness, and it does not establish that these are the only influences.
Working the answers
- A
The text links variation in these rates to variation in ethnic consciousness. It does not say that an increase in the rates produces an increase in consciousness. A adds a direction the reviewer has not established.
- B
A larger number of U.S.-born Mexican Americans is not said to increase ethnic consciousness. The reviewer calls for a closer understanding of the relevant variables rather than giving this automatic relationship.
- C
No rule connects increased assimilation with decreased ethnic consciousness. That might sound plausible, but this specific directional claim is not supplied.
- D
The final sentence identifies bilingualism, immigration and naturalization, not changes in leaders' influence, as helping create the variations. D substitutes a different proposed cause.
- ECorrect
Rates of Mexican immigration and naturalization are among the variables the reviewer says help create variations in ethnic consciousness. Account in part matches help create: they contribute without being identified as the sole cause, and the answer does not invent a direction of change.
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