PrepTest 149, Section 2, Question 16
Passage A Comedians are not amused when their(497 more words not shown)
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Passage B(212 more words not shown)
The author of passage A(13 more words not shown)
- AComedians rarely acknowledge(16 more words not shown)
- BComedians would be(28 more words not shown)
- CCreative rights to(16 more words not shown)
- DThe system of(26 more words not shown)
- EIn the particular(19 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
A gives comedians two reasons not to sue: the expense and the uncertainty of winning. Those obstacles help explain why a legal right can exist without being useful in practice.
What we’re looking for
For a claim the author would accept, we can ask what would happen if one obstacle became less serious. A better chance of winning would make a lawsuit more attractive, even if bringing it remained expensive. That is a change in likelihood, not a prediction that every comedian would start suing.
Working the answers
- A
The author discusses stolen jokes, not how readily comedians acknowledge influence from their peers. Being influenced by someone is also different from stealing that person's material.
- BCorrect
A explicitly identifies hurdles that make success “difficult and uncertain.” Greater assurance of success would reduce that risk. The comedian would have more reason to consider spending money on the case, which supports “more likely” without requiring us to eliminate the separate cost obstacle.
- C
A does not recommend moving jokes from copyright protection to trade-secrecy protection. Describing an ineffective remedy is not the same as proposing this particular legal change.
- D
This runs against A's explanation of continued creation. The social system protects ownership and maintains incentives to invest in new material; the author does not portray it as too weak to support compensation for that investment.
- E
A gives us an informal system doing useful work where formal enforcement is impractical. That does not support a claim that no informal system could be as effective in this setting.
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