AAMC FL 1 CARS EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS

Which of the following statements from the passage most strongly indicates that the passage was written prior to the twenty-first century? - Answer "The regular holding of deliberative assemblies of a thousand members encounters the gravest difficulties in respect of room and distance. . . ." The correct answer is A, because that option clearly reflects an earlier set of technological possibilities. In the twenty-first century, the Internet and other forms of electronic communication would certainly ameliorate "the gravest difficulties" in "holding . . . deliberative assemblies of a thousand members." The sentence in paragraph five that follows the sentence in option A ("Even if we imagined the means of communication . . .") clearly signals as well that the passage was written before the twenty-first century. Honestly no idea why i picked this Which of the following assertions in the passage does the author support with a practical example? - Answer "[I]t is impossible for the collectivity to undertake the direct settlement of all the controversies that may arise." the question asks which passage assertion is supported with a "practical example." The answer is D because the claim about the impossibility of a "collectivity" settling all of the "controversies that may arise" in a society, is supported by the example (in the final paragraph) of what happens when "Peter wrongs Paul." That example demonstrates why it is absurd to imagine that the entire "collectivity" would be able to examine the circumstances of the controversy and adjudicate it. WIMI: no clue honestly this passage sucked Consider that some groups are defined as "cults"; members of these extremist sects generally live communally and obey an authoritarian, charismatic leader. Assume that all cults have fewer than 100 members. This information would tend to weaken the passage's assertions about the: - Answer reasonableness of small groups compared to large groups. The answer is D, because the question describes a small group in which people "obey an authoritarian, charismatic leader." In the passage, however, the author claims that a "great multitude" is more likely to succumb to "unreflective enthusiasm . . . than is a small meeting" (paragraph 2). So if the cults that the question describes are small groups of fewer than 100 members, this would weaken passage claims about the more considered behavior of small groups when compared to larger ones. - passage says small areas w big groups have more panic alarms, enthusiasm WIMI: Between A and D pervasiveness - Answer the quality of spreading widely or being present throughout an area or a group of people. Which of the following facts cited in the passage gives the strongest support for the claim that Portuguese liberals were in the minority politically? - Answer The commoners were politically conservative. The correct answer is D, because paragraph 2 defines the components of the commoners as a highly inclusive segment of the populace: "peasants, craftspeople, tradespeople, soldiers." The aggregate number of their ranks would, therefore, vastly outnumber the relatively few groups of individuals (including scientists and poets) that comprise the liberal faction alluded to in the passage (paragraph 3). Called them "guardian's of the past" so they were conservative WIMI: stupid mistake