PrepTest 158, Section 1, Question 8
Native American stories often feature a character called(472 more words not shown)
The passage provides the most(27 more words not shown)
- AThe picaro has(9 more words not shown)
- BThe picaro threatens(5 more words not shown)
- CThe picaro has(5 more words not shown)
- DThe picaro threatens(7 more words not shown)
- EThe picaro suffers(7 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What makes the picaro's freedom threatening? He openly enjoys impulses that respectable people condemn but secretly indulge. His behavior holds up an uncomfortable mirror: you criticize me for doing what you do yourself.
What we’re looking for
So I expect an answer about exposing hypocrisy. “Dangerous” doesn't automatically mean physically violent or politically revolutionary; we need the kind of threat this discussion actually describes.
Working the answers
- A
No physical injury is described. The threat comes from what the picaro reveals about other people, not from hurting them.
- B
Nothing identifies a threat to political institutions. The target is the gap between people's public condemnation and private behavior.
- C
Society does marginalize the picaro, but that's its response to his disruptive freedom. This reverses the explanation: being pushed out isn't the reason society first finds his freedom threatening.
- DCorrect
The picaro's “authenticity serves as a foil” to society's hypocrisy. His open enjoyment exposes the dishonesty of people who condemn the same activities they secretly pursue. That's why his freedom can feel disruptive to them.
- E
We aren't told that he escapes every consequence. In fact, society marginalizes him. The explanation of its reaction is that he exposes hypocrisy, not that everyone else resents his getting away with everything.
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