PrepTest 157, Section 1, Question 3
The late 1950s and early 1960s were a(442 more words not shown)
Based on the passage, which(13 more words not shown)
- AThey were primarily(3 more words not shown)
- BThey were directed(4 more words not shown)
- CThey were less(13 more words not shown)
- DThey were based(9 more words not shown)
- EThey were modeled(5 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The second paragraph calls the Freedom Rides “a second form of sit-ins.” That gives us a clear relationship to use. The setting changes from a lunch counter to buses and terminals, but the tactic remains occupying segregated seats as a form of nonviolent protest.
Working the answers
- A
The third paragraph says the Congress of Racial Equality organized the rides. That gives us an organized effort, not support for describing the rides as primarily spontaneous. We needn't guess when each participant decided to join.
- B
Their stated goal was to challenge segregation on buses and at terminals. That doesn't establish that the U.S. government was the target. The government later protected the riders.
- C
The author calls the rides the clearest turning point, not a less important version of the original protests. Their connection to earlier sit-ins doesn't establish this ranking of importance.
- D
A change of setting isn't a change of philosophy. Both use the nonviolent tactic of occupying segregated seats; no philosophical break is described.
- ECorrect
The earlier sit-ins supplied a model for nonviolent protest, and the author then identifies the rides as another form of that technique. Applying the tactic to interstate transportation is what makes modeled on the originals a supported inference.
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