PrepTest 147, Section 3, Question 13
The government of Mali passed a law against(427 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(15 more words not shown)
- Aappreciation of their(5 more words not shown)
- Bapproval of their(2 more words not shown)
- Cdismay at their(10 more words not shown)
- Dfrustration with their(8 more words not shown)
- Esympathy with their(1 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The author condemns the pillaging and loss of cultural information. But the question asks about an element of the attitude toward the collectors themselves. A negative view of the excavation process doesn't tell us everything the author thinks about the people who buy the sculptures. Look for wording that evaluates those collectors directly.
Working the answers
- A
The author doesn't credit the collectors with preserving cultural information or praise their preservation efforts. Buying and admiring an object is not described as performing that service.
- BCorrect
The sculptures are described as “fine,” and the foreign collectors “rightly admired them.” That is approval of their taste: the objects deserve admiration. It doesn't amount to approval of illegal excavation or the destruction of archaeological records.
- C
The author doesn't express dismay that the collectors failed to intervene against illegal exports. Condemning pillaging is not the same as assigning these people a duty to prevent it and criticizing their failure.
- D
No lack of concern for Mali's people is attributed to the collectors. We shouldn't turn the account's general regret into this specific accusation.
- E
Approval of the sculptures' beauty isn't an expression of sympathy with the collectors' motives. The text supplies a narrow positive judgment about their aesthetic appreciation, not a broader account of why they acted.
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