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Ok, I know this is #5, but this is definitely not a #5 question, even for a 2nd section of LR. It felt super easy while I was reviewing, but I was pretty thrown off by a few of these questions in the very beginning. In general, there seems to be a shift in LR after PT 65 where some of these earlier questions are much trickier than past PTs. Anyone else get that as ...

Can someone please explain why the answer is A and go over what the answer A mean? I'm really struggling with abstract language answers! HELP!

This is a parallel reasoning question.
For this type of question, I try to go through the answer choices to see if they have matching premises and conclusions, first. After eliminating those that don't match, if there is still uncertainty, I try to make an abstract structure from the stimulus and apply it to those answer choices left.

First thing that I noticed from the stimulus is "unlikely" from the conclusion. This indicates a level ...

I'm having difficulty understanding why (A) is correct.

Couldn't (C) also be correct? Here's my appoarch for this question.

P1: Crops genetically engineered (GE) do not need to be sprayed w/insecticides.
P2: spraying insecticides harms wildlife
C: using GE more widely is likely to help wildlife populations to recover.

So the anti-conclusion would be: using GE more widely will NOT help wildlife populations to recover.

WHY? The switch to GE will NOT stop the use ...

I'm pretty surprised that there is no passage discussion here already. So I guess I'll try to start the discussion...

I found this passage really difficult because many of the sentences seemed to be written in such an abstract way making it difficult to draw the relevant connections before turning to the questions. But here it goes...Please feel free to correct me on this!!

I do not sense a scale in this passage. It seems ...

This is Must Be True question regarding "slavery" part of the passage.

Let's go to the answer choice straight away.

A) Whether they were prepared or not was not given. We are only given that rebellions were common but less collective.

B) Few of them owned MORE than hundreds worked, 2 percent to be exact. (25-28)

C) Unsupported. Management styles were different with the existence of intermediaries, but which was efficient was not dealt here. ...

This is Must be True question that we should be able to refer the right answer choice to the passage.

Information regarding nobles are:
1) they possess hundreds of serfs as opposed to much less in US slave owners.
2) they didn’t see serfs directly much but had intermediaries.

Now, let's go to the answer choice.

A) What made them abolish serfdom is not given
B) While the fact that management of serf was done ...

This is "detail" question where we find direct reference to what the author is asking us.

line 13-20 states that some were put off by “forbidding political differences”

Let's go to the answer choice.

A) Basically a paraphrase of line 13-20. This is it. (Correct)
B) Unsupported. Although this difference is highlighted, this is not presented as the REASON why historians got discouraged.
C) Way Off. Tocqueville's influence on other historians is not discussed. Out ...

This question asks you to identify what's the author's purpose in using certain example in the passage.

“simultaneous abolition” was stated as a point that would have attracted more historians, but did not do so. (7-13)

Let's go to the answer choice.

A) Whether rebellions were the cause is not discussed.

B) Tocqueville is used as a historian who was likely to be studying this issue. “foresee” has nothing to do with him.

C) Just ...