PrepTest 143, Section 2, Question 1
Having spent several decades trying to eliminate the(433 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(7 more words not shown)
- ASome anthropologists argue(26 more words not shown)
- BBy making video(22 more words not shown)
- CAnthropologists are divided(28 more words not shown)
- DSome anthropologists argue(28 more words not shown)
- EThe Kayapo people's(29 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already predicted the central idea: anthropologists disagree about video's effects, but the Kayapo show that using it need not destroy cultural identity. A complete summary should capture both the debate and the evidence that favors cultural preservation.
What we’re looking for
A statement can accurately report one person's view and still leave out most of what we read. Keep that distinction in mind here: we're summarizing the whole discussion, not selecting any true sentence.
Working the answers
- A
This accurately describes Weiner's objection. It leaves out Ginsburg's opposing view and Turner's evidence against inevitable cultural loss. One side of the disagreement is not a complete summary.
- B
The opening says anthropologists have tried to eliminate the colonial gaze, not that making cameras available has accomplished that goal. It also doesn't attribute the worldwide availability of equipment to anthropologists. The main discussion concerns video's effects on indigenous cultures, not a successful campaign to eliminate outsiders' bias.
- CCorrect
This gives us both parts of our prediction. The divided assessments are Weiner's and Ginsburg's; the evidence for compatibility is the Kayapo's use of video in ways that preserve their own cultural principles. “Some evidence” also keeps the conclusion appropriately limited.
- D
The favorable view belongs to Ginsburg, but the summary omits the substance of the opposing position and the Kayapo evidence. It also adds a statement about unknown long-term effects that the author does not make. Our own uncertainty about the future cannot complete the summary for us.
- E
This captures the final example's role, but never tells us what the competing positions are or which position the example supports. C states the overall disagreement and the substantive conclusion the evidence favors. E describes only one part of that larger account.
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