PrepTest 112 - Section 2 - Passage 2 - Question 9

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Binns' perspective · Latin was culturally important during English Renaissance

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Problem · Specialists in Renaissance Latin neglect culturally important works

Theology, science, law, medicine

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Expand problem · English intellectual historians neglect important influence of Latin

They only cover works written in English, and ignore influences of Latin on English intellectuals

Example of Latin influence · Late Renaissance humanism

English writers were influenced by humanist thinkers, who drew on ancient Latin texts

Summarize problem · Gap between specialists in Latin and specialists in English intellectual history

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Implication of problem · Distorted understanding of Renaissance English history

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We don’t know that important Continental works were “inaccessible to English readers.” During the Renaissance, English readers might have also known Latin. The problem described in the passage concerns modern historians, who aren’t trained in Latin. We also don’t know that Continental writers wrote in Latin more frequently than did English writers. We’re told that English intellectuals spoke and wrote in Latin in schools. Perhaps they wrote Latin works as frequently as Continental writers did.

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The author never suggests that Continental writers were more advanced than English writers, or that they are responsible for familiarizing English audiences with Latin. Continental writers did influence English writers, but this doesn’t imply that (B) describes.

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We don’t know that the concerns of English and Continental writers were “for the most part different.” The author actually suggests the concerns were similar, since Latin works of Continental writers influenced English writers.

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Supported. According to Binns, scholars underestimate the influence of Continental writers on English writers. Both English writers and Continental writers knew Latin.

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The author doesn’t suggest that intellectual ties have been “overemphasized.” Rather, they’ve been underestimated by scholars.

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