PrepTest 149, Section 2, Question 24
The novelist and social theorist Charlotte Perkins Gilman,(435 more words not shown)
The passage indicates that Gilman(17 more words not shown)
- Areclamation of ancient(2 more words not shown)
- Bcross-cultural(1 more words not shown)
- Cgreater(1 more words not shown)
- Dskilled(1 more words not shown)
- Efuture uses of(6 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What does Gilman identify as a source of social evolution? Human work. She then says people should choose work that serves society and makes the best use of their talents. Put those claims together: people help society develop by using their abilities in useful occupations. That is the idea to match.
Working the answers
- A
Reviving ancient social theories is not the contribution she identifies. Nothing says progress depends on returning to the ideas of an earlier civilization.
- B
Communication between cultures is not discussed as a source of social evolution here.
- C
Greater literacy is not named as a driver of social evolution. Gilman connects progress to useful work, not to an increase in the number of people who can read.
- DCorrect
Skilled occupations express the combination of work and talent we predicted. Gilman names crafts, trades, arts, and sciences, then says people should find societally relevant work that uses their talents. A person's abilities put to useful work are a contribution to society's development. We do not need the exact phrase skilled occupations to appear for that connection to be clear.
- E
This proposes a specific development in the methods of social science. Gilman's claim is broader and more practical: people can contribute through the work they are suited to do, including work outside the social sciences.
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