PrepTest 133 - Section 4 - Passage 4 - Question 25

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Passage A.

Historical scholarship · Ideal of objectivity is central

Facts vs. interpretations · Judge interpretations based on how well they account for the facts

According to the objectivity ideal, historians can have different interpretations of an event, but that doesn't mean the events don't have a fixed meaning.

Analogy to judges · Objective historians are like neutral judges; they should not advocate

Historians should be balanced and nonbiased.

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Historical scholarship · Requires self-discipline to be different from propaganda

Objectivity vs. neutrality · Historians can be objective without being neutral

Objectivity is about detaching from values for the purpose of achieving a deeper understanding. But it's OK to have values.

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What does the author of Passage A think about objectivity? Likes it. Thinks historians should have it. What does the author of Passage B think about objectivity? Likes it. Thinks historians should have it.

Both authors like objectivity – they just have different views about what objectivity requires.

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Neither passage supports (A). They don’t comment on what proportion of historians are or are not objective.

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(B) accurately describes the attitude of both passages toward objectivity. Passage A states in the first paragraph, “Central to the historian’s profession and scholarship has been the ideal of objectivity.” Passage B states in the first paragraph that historical scholarship requires objectivity.

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Passage A supports (C). But Passage B disagrees. So, it doesn’t describe the attitude of both passages toward objectivity.

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Neither passage supports (D). They don’t comment on historians’ ability to judge their own objectivity.

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Neither passage supports (E). We don’t have any comment on trends in the proportion of historians who value objectivity.

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