PrepTest 147 - Section 3 - Passage 2 - Question 11

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Problem · Malian artifacts looted

Mali government outlawed excavating and exporting artifacts. Couldn't enforce the laws. Looting and selling on the black market. Loss of archaeological knowledge.

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Potential Solution · UNESCO declares these artifacts as "cultural property"

The artifacts are property of the culture (as opposed to private property). Many countries strengthened UNESCO doctrine by prohibiting export of "cultural property."

Application to Mali · It would seem that these artifacts are protected by UNESCO doctrine

Problem with UNESCO Doctrine · Disincentivizes good record keeping

Because records are evidence of illegal black market activities.

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Alternative Solution · Legalize, regulate, and tax

Mali could have legalized and regulated excavation and taxed export. This would have been a better solution.

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Implied

This Inference question asks for a statement about the regulation of trade in cultural antiquities that the author would likely agree with. Remember that we are approaching this question from the author’s perspective, and our selected answer should have support from the passage.

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Unsupported. The author never indicates that approval from archaeologists is necessary for these regulations.

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Unsupported. The author never indicates that the necessary goal of these regulations must be to maximize the number of cultural antiquities that remain in the country.

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This is supported in P4––here, the author concedes that some people won’t follow the regulations, but even so, the end result would be better than the policy that was actually implemented (the prohibition on excavation and export of cultural artifacts).

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The author never mentions strict punishments for those who violate regulations, so we can’t infer that the author would agree with this.

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The author never indicates how simple these regulations should be, so we can’t infer that the author would agree with this.

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