PrepTest 158, Section 1, Question 19
Passage A is adapted from an essay by(467 more words not shown)
Passage A(235 more words not shown)
Passage B(240 more words not shown)
Passage A asserts that the(11 more words not shown)
- Apolitical history must(8 more words not shown)
- Bthere is no(6 more words not shown)
- Cmoral conventions are(3 more words not shown)
- Dthere has been(12 more words not shown)
- Ebad history is(6 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Watch the attribution. The question asks which answer Ricks says Rosenthal's questioning inevitably produces. It does not ask which answer Ricks thinks is true.
What we’re looking for
The first paragraph gives the predicted result of that approach: no meaningful difference among plagiarism, imitation, adaptation, and the other categories, apart from the use of a negative label by people in power. Ricks's objection depends on distinguishing that reported result from his own view.
Working the answers
- A
Removing moral considerations is a criticism Ricks develops in the next paragraph. It is not the answer he identifies to the opening question about differences among the categories.
- BCorrect
The first paragraph expressly says these categories lack any genuine distinction (Passage A, paragraph 1). That is the required postmodern answer Ricks attributes to the approach. Choosing B here reports his description of it; it doesn't endorse the claim or make it his own position.
- C
Ricks does think moral conventions can deserve respect, but that is part of his argument against the approach. It isn't the answer he says the approach inevitably generates.
- D
This is Kewes's description of the changing application of plagiarism charges in B. It isn't A's stated result of Rosenthal's questioning.
- E
This is Kewes's reason for defending historical inquiry despite flawed examples. It answers a different issue and comes from the other historian.
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