PrepTest 145, Section 3, Question 27
In contrast to the mainstream of U.S. historiography(459 more words not shown)
As it is presented in(32 more words not shown)
- AAn elected official(27 more words not shown)
- BA biographer of(24 more words not shown)
- CA doctor maintains(22 more words not shown)
- DA newspaper runs(19 more words not shown)
- EA scientist gets(21 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Mainstream historians glorified nations through accounts of their character, origins and destiny. The approach ties a nation's history to what it supposedly is by nature, making achievements or expansion seem expressions of its inherent character.
What we’re looking for
We want that kind of flattering interpretation of a subject's history. Merely describing a successful action or making any argument from evidence will not reproduce it.
Working the answers
- A
The official recommends continuing a policy because it worked before. That is a practical argument for repeating an action, not an account presenting historical achievement as evidence of the subject's inherent character or destiny.
- BCorrect
The biographer interprets the novelist's unusually early achievements as proof of innate talent. Those achievements become manifestations of who she inherently is, much as the nationalist histories connect a nation's achievements and development to its special character and destiny.
- C
This moves from a drug's intended purpose to a claim that it is the best treatment. It does not glorify a subject's historical development by presenting it as the expression of an inherent character.
- D
Reporting a corporation's environmental hazards exposes harmful conduct. That critical purpose differs from the glorifying historical interpretation described here.
- E
Repeated experimental results lead to a generalization about chemical behavior. There is no analogous construction of a flattering history around a nation-like subject's innate qualities or destiny.
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