PrepTest 145, Section 3, Question 21
In contrast to the mainstream of U.S. historiography(459 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(22 more words not shown)
- Acorrecting a misconception(1 more words not shown)
- Bdetermining the sequence(3 more words not shown)
- Cinvestigating the implications(1 more words not shown)
- Drewarding the promoters(1 more words not shown)
- Eshaping a conception(1 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
These historians were reconstructing a glorious African past to challenge degrading representations and give a shared identity a cultural foundation. In context, they were shaping how that past was conceived and presented, not physically rebuilding it or simply putting dates in order.
Working the answers
- A
Correcting degrading representations was one purpose of their work. But the word here describes building an account of a glorious past, rather than merely correcting a particular misconception about past events. E better captures that constructive role.
- B
The sentence does not focus on establishing chronological order. An account can put events in sequence without creating the shared conception of the past described here.
- C
Investigating implications asks what follows from something. These historians were forming the account of the African past that would support a collective identity.
- D
No reward to anyone who promoted that past is described. This is not the sense of reconstructing in the sentence.
- ECorrect
Shaping a conception of a glorious African past fits both the wording and its purpose: the resulting historical picture would counter degrading representations and give the community a shared cultural foundation.
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