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Intro to Topic ·Modern bankruptcy laws
No longer about punishment. About remedying the financial situation for the debtor and creditor.
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Question Type
Application
We’re trying to identify what would make the most sense to add at the end of the passage. Let’s keep in mind the overall point of the passage — the modern bankruptcy laws are good. Let’s also keep in mind the point made at the end — today’s laws are focused on keeping people and businesses economically productive.
This doesn’t fit, because the author thinks current bankruptcy laws are good. There’s no reason the author would add a claim about today’s laws being seen as inadequate as a requirement for getting back to the original intent.
b
Punishment is no ██████ ███ ███████ ████ ██ ██████████ ████ ████ ██ ████ ██ ███ ████ ███████ █████ ████████ ███████████
This is the best answer. In the second-to-last sentence, the author notes that there are certain features of bankruptcy that might serve a punitive function. But it’s still true to say that punishment is no longer the primary goal of bankruptcy law. Instead, as the author tells us in the last sentence, the primary goal is keeping people and businesses economically productive, which gives creditors the best chance of getting money back.
There’s no reason the author would add a sentence about criminal law at the end. Criminal law isn’t brought up in the last paragraph, and we have no reason to think modern bankruptcy laws are related to criminal law in any way.
This doesn’t fit at the end, because we have no reason to think the author wants to consider adding punitive measures to current bankruptcy laws. Although current law does have some aspects that might seem punitive, the author never suggests we should be open to additional laws that are punitive.
This isn’t supported. We have no reason to think creditors bear the main burden of bankruptcy. Sure, the modern laws are less punitive for debtors, but that doesn’t imply creditors now have the primary burden if someone goes bankrupt. The debtors are still affected by bankruptcy and arguably could have the primary burden. Creditors simply benefit from bankruptcy if the debtors can stay in operation and can pay the creditors back.
Difficulty
86% of people who answer get this correct
This is a low-difficulty question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%120
133
75%150
Analysis
Application
Critique or debate
Law
Problem-analysis
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
2%
157
b
86%
163
c
1%
158
d
8%
160
e
3%
155
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