PrepTest 149, Section 2, Question 11
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The author's attitude toward the(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Be precise about what the author questions. Much of the discussion challenges fine-tuning as a reason to believe in the multiverse. But the question asks about the multiverse hypothesis itself. The final paragraph leaves that hypothesis open and identifies independent reasons it might be worth accepting. Criticizing an argument for an idea is not the same as rejecting the idea.
Working the answers
- A
The author does not brush the hypothesis aside. Giving reasons it could still be useful or supported is inconsistent with dismissing it.
- B
This is tempting if we carry the criticism of fine-tuning over to the multiverse itself. But look at the response when the author expressly asks whether the findings call the multiverse into question: the author says that this conclusion does not necessarily follow (paragraph 6). The author then acknowledges other support. The overall stance toward the hypothesis is receptive rather than predominantly doubtful.
- CCorrect
Open-mindedness fits the qualified language and both independent considerations: certain origin models suggest something like a multiverse, and the idea may solve other puzzles. The author takes those possibilities seriously without claiming the hypothesis has been established.
- D
Advocacy would mean arguing for acceptance. Here, the author explains why the possibility should remain open, a more limited position than endorsing the hypothesis as true.
- E
Possible support is not an expression of excitement. The discussion is measured and qualified; nothing makes enthusiasm a better description than openness.
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