PrepTest 143, Section 2, Question 26
To glass researchers it seems somewhat strange that(470 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(13 more words not shown)
- AMost people believe(16 more words not shown)
- BMost people believe(21 more words not shown)
- CMost people believe(13 more words not shown)
- DMost people believe(14 more words not shown)
- EMost people believe(20 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Map the explanation people believe. They see a flaw in an old manufactured object and blame the material's supposed behavior: the pane is uneven because glass flows. The author's alternative is that the production process created the unevenness.
What we’re looking for
We want that material-versus-manufacture contrast. Merely mentioning an old object, a defect, or a material does not supply the same explanation.
Working the answers
- A
This concerns whether a manufacturing process can correct a tendency to wrinkle. The glass belief is about what caused an existing defect, not whether manufacturers can fix it. The proposed relationship is different.
- BCorrect
The early pottery matches the old windows, its flaws match their uneven thickness, and the blamed material matches the supposed flowing behavior of glass. In both cases, people attribute the defect to the material rather than to how the object was made.
- C
This blames inadequate manufacturing knowledge for a shorter useful life. It does not blame a material's behavior instead of the manufacturing process for an observed flaw.
- D
This ranks two ways of making furniture. The persistent glass belief does not rank mass production against individual craftsmanship; it offers a material-based explanation for uneven panes.
- E
This explains a modern building's strength by comparing newer and older materials. The glass belief does not depend on modern glass being a more durable replacement for medieval glass. Its central claim is that old panes became uneven because their glass flowed.
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