PrepTest 147, Section 3, Question 8
The government of Mali passed a law against(427 more words not shown)
The passage indicates that some(15 more words not shown)
- Arequiring the origins(10 more words not shown)
- Brestricting the export(15 more words not shown)
- Cadopting plans to(22 more words not shown)
- Dencouraging trade in(21 more words not shown)
- Ecommitting substantial resources(12 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Go back to the last sentence of the second paragraph. Some countries have strengthened the ownership doctrine in two ways: antiquities originating within their borders are state property, and those antiquities cannot be freely exported. We need an answer reporting that actual use of the doctrine, rather than a policy the author merely proposes later.
Working the answers
- A
No general documentation requirement for all antiquities sold to collectors is attributed to these countries. This substitutes a different rule for the ownership and export restrictions described.
- BCorrect
Both parts match: state ownership of antiquities originating within the borders, plus restrictions on export. “Cannot be freely exported” supports restricting export; we don't need to read it as proving that every possible export is forbidden.
- C
Education about careful excavation appears in the author's proposed alternative for Mali. We aren't told that countries have already adopted this plan as a use of the doctrine. Proposed policy and reported practice are different.
- D
The countries are described as restricting export, not encouraging trade. Nothing reports the international trading arrangement in D.
- E
No commitment of substantial resources to restoration is reported. The relevant sentence tells us what legal rules some countries adopted, not what resources they spent on recovering antiquities.
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