@CharityRodriguez Always glad to help!

12/13 then 13/13!

I got two difficulty 4 passages and still managed to swing a 14/14 oh my days

Wow, I got it right but the idea that the simple use of the word "Later" implies a technique used during the 19th century because it hadn't been replaced yet is insane.

aw man i've already done this one

wow this one was terrible

@LexiSmith04 I don't believe that it does, as "context for a timeline" and "proving the date" are not related to each other in this respect. In the passage there is no mention of how many million years ago life began on earth, so we can't use "date life became sustainable on Earth" as evidence even if that's what the sentence implies to you since the passage doesn't give us that date.

Also keep in mind that the question is "primarily to". Even if it did provide context to a timeline, there is a stronger claim to the sentence fragment "a likelihood with profound consequences for the history of the earth" being the author giving us a reason to care or saying why scientists care as it is directly in the sentence.

11/13 then 13/13. I need to slow down a little bit and stop second guessing myself.

I took my support from "While there is no point in revealing a weakness that is unknown to one's opponents or that would not be exploited by them, many lawyers believe" rather than the second half of the sentence, is this also a valid way to reach the correct answer?

@AndranikKarapetian That means it's proof that things are starting to click!! Congratulations!

I let A trap me, dammit. This is the first one I've had to go to blind review on :(

Did anyone else get the utility maximization problem I could not believe my eyes.

@Hanifa You're just cutting off a word! "Little more than" just means reducing something down to [whatever comes next] It's not that she thinks it's more extreme (more) it's that she thinks it is essentially the same and no better than (little more) boilerplate technological determinism.

There's a comparison in the sense that Weiner's entire view is being compared to "boilerplate technological determinism", but the conclusion is that Weiner's entire view is essentially equal in worth to this idea that Ginsburg dislikes.

These questions feel a bit like cheating when you already know what the term means

Is the passage difficulty meant to refer to how difficult the passage is to parse or the relative difficulty of the passage and associated questions

"if someone spoke to me like this in real life I'd nod politely and think about how soon I could leave the room" LMAOOO

I feel like the difficulty 3 questions for this passage are more difficult than the difficulty 3 questions for the last section

Low-key I did feel that earthquake, I did a little gasp.

@brivaca Definitely a warning flag that should make you wary, but I have also come across questions where the question is difficult because the correct answer is right by one differentiating word, so don't be too quick to cast them out entirely!

Did chuckle at the reading the passage speed. Now the drill page thinks I read like the flash.

I know the reason behind the final answer being at the end, but I do feel that I would be more helped by being able to attempt this question on my own before going into the answers like this.

@JAndonian16 I think it's most up to what will help you! If writing them down will help you keep things straight, then do it! I think the end result that the course wants for us, however, is to make this a completely mental process

Hi Kevin! Thanks for teaching us :)

I got four level fours and one level five and i still pulled off a 5/5. Girl who is going to be alright.

For B, I eliminated it because the conclusion was about "few" birds, and not most birds. Was this the wrong way to eliminate the answer