PrepTest 16 - Section 4 - Passage 4 - Question 22

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Historical theory · Elizabeth Dexter argued for a "golden age" for early colonial women

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Academic acceptance · "Golden age" theory appeals to scholars, even skeptics

Critique · New publications show that "golden age" theory is reductive

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New direction · Modern scholarship focuses on specific changes in women's lives, not generalizations

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Critique or debate

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Main point

The passage discusses the origins of "golden age" theory and how it won academic acceptance, but ultimately explains that the theory was discredited and replaced with more nuanced perspectives. This is a Critique passage; the correct answer should reflect the author's criticism of golden age theory.

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This claim isn't supported by the passage, so can't be the main point. According to the passage, recent scholarship has exposed problems with golden age theory. This conflicts with the idea of recent scholarship supporting the theory.

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This claim isn't supported by the passage, so can't be the main point. Rather than altering golden age theory, the passage suggests that recent scholarship has gone in a totally different direction. Modern historians aren't interested in amending or rehabilitating golden age theory.

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This expresses the main point of the passage as it critiques golden age theory. (C) accurately captures the specific critique raised by the passage: that golden age theory is too simplistic. For this reason, the passage tells us, modern scholars have rejected golden age theory in favor of more nuanced views.

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(D) captures some of what the passage has to say, but it leaves out the central critique of golden age theory. The passage goes beyond just describing the influence of this theory. It also discusses the theory's eventual rejection by recent scholars. This is a key point that the correct answer needs to address.

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This claim isn't supported by the passage, so can't be the main point. The passage doesn't criticize golden age theory for lacking research—its problem was its simplistic analysis of historical evidence. (E) doesn't address the real critique raised by the author.

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