PrepTest 158 - Section 1 - Passage 3 - Question 20

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Passage A is adapted from an essay by historian Christopher Ricks; passage B is from the introduction, by historian Paulina Kewes, to a book in which Ricks's essay appears.

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Rosenthal's Purpose · To question definition of plagiarism

Rosenthal's answer · The required postmodern answer

Postmodern answer = there's no difference between plagiarism and things that people don't think are plagiarism. It's just about power; if people in power don't like certain copying, it's plagiarism.

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Rosenthal's assumption · Plagiarism doesn't involve a moral issue; it's about power

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Intro topic · Plagiarism

Accusations of plagiarism in history have been very fluid, and are influenced by commercial, artistic, and legal views. Sometimes the same act has been called plagiarism and not plagiarism.

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Question Type

Describe relationship

This asks us about the relationship between the passages, so we can only answer it after we’ve read through passage B. We know that author B agrees with author A on some points, but thinks that his conclusion is overly broad and simplistic. We’ll have to use POE on the answer choices to determine which one characterizes this relationship most accurately.

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Unsupported. Author A’s argument does not conform to an approach recommended by author B. In fact, author B criticizes author A’s approach, suggesting that he takes his argument too far and is too extreme in his approach.

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Unsupported. The evidence in passage A does not undermine the argument in passage B. If anything, author B undermines the overall argument made by author A, even though she agrees with him on some points.

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Unsupported. Actually, author B agrees with author A on some details, but thinks that he errs in his overall argument. Even though she agrees with some of his points, she thinks that he takes his overall argument too far and that he criticizes historical approaches too broadly.

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Supported. Author B agrees with author A on certain views. But she also thinks that he criticizes historical approaches too broadly. While there are some problematic historical approaches, there are also good ones, and history is still important. She suggests that he takes his argument too far.

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Anti-supported. Author B explicitly agrees with author A on some of his assertions, so we can’t say that she thinks all of his assertions are misguided. She just thinks that he takes his argument too far.

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PrepTest 158 - Section 1 - Passage 3 - Question 20

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