Evidence for alt. hypothesis ·Cattle farming also supported gold mining industry
Not only was gold mining not the main driver of Great Zimbabwe's prosperity, but gold mining actually owed its success to cattle farming
Passage Style
Critique or debate
Phenomenon-hypothesis
4.
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Question Type
Author’s attitude
Implied
The author believes the cattle economy is “the most crucial element” in understanding Great Zimbabwe’s achievements. There’s no other clear sing of attitude toward the cattle economy.
a
condemnation of its ████ ██ ████████████ ████████ ███████████ ███████ ████ ███ ███████
The author doesn’t have a negative attitude toward the cattle economy. She never suggests there was anything wrong with its role in allowing centralized control over society.
b
surprise at its ████ ██ ███████████████
The author doesn’t express any surprise about the cattle economy. There’s no point at which she suggest it should have been more diversified or that we would have expected it to be more diversified.
c
skepticism about its █████████████ ██ ██████████ ███ ████████████ ██ ███ ███████
The author doesn’t have a negative attitude toward the cattle economy. There’s no reason to think the author is skeptical about any aspect of it.
d
respect for the █████████ ██ ███ █████████ ███ █████████ ██ ███ ████████████
The author doesn’t criticize the cattle economy in any way.
e
appreciation of its ██████████ ███ █████████ ███████████ ████ ███████ ██████ ██ ██████ ████
This best captures the author’s attitude. The author believes the cattle economy was an important part of its economic system. She spends the bulk of the passage discussing how the cattle economy worked and how it played a role in providing food, marriage, and mining.
Difficulty
96% of people who answer get this correct
This is a slightly challenging question.
It is slightly harder than the average question in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%128
135
75%142
Analysis
Author’s attitude
Implied
Critique or debate
Humanities
Phenomenon-hypothesis
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
3%
149
b
0%
155
c
0%
142
d
1%
143
e
96%
162
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