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Identify and translate this question: "Which of the following criticisms of educational reform is most like the criticism of proposed reforms to the political system described in the second paragraph?"

Question Type: application analogy Translation: Which of the following is most logically similar to the criticism of political reform described in the second paragraph of the passage?

Identify and translate this question: "Based on passage information, the attitude of most geographers towards current environmental policy is most logically similar to which of the following?"

Question Type: application analogy Translation: Which of the following is most logically similar to the attitude described in the passage?

Identify and translate this question: "The relationship between psychology and sociology, as described in the passage, is most similar to which of the following?"

Question Type: application analogy Translation: Which of the following is most logically similar to the idea of "the other" as it is described in the passage?

Identify and translate this question: "Suppose that a business school added courses dealing with business ethics to its curriculum. How would the author be most likely to react?"

Question Type: application new information Translation: Which of the following best describes how the author would feel about this, based on information provided in the passage?

Identify and translate this question: "Suppose that nations with stronger economies are more likely to enter into international conflict. According to the author's reasoning, this suggests that:"

Question Type: application new information Translation: Which of the following best represents how the author, based only on passage information, would be most likely to explain this phenomenon?

Identify and translate this question: "Sociologists have shown that institutions play a significant role in determining individual actions. Passage information suggests that one reason for this is:"

Question Type: application new information Translation: Which of the following best represents how the author, based only on passage information, would be most likely to explain why institutions affect individual actions?

Identify and translate this question: "Recent research shows that banks play a lesser role than many historians have claimed. Which passage assertion does this information most strongly support?"

Question Type: application new information/strengthen Translation: Which of the author's claims made in the passage is most strengthened by this new information?

Identify and translate this question: "Suppose that it was shown that the actions of environmental interest groups have little impact on national policy. This information would UNDERMINE the author's thesis by showing that:"

Question Type: application new information/weaken Translation: How would the author's argument in the passage be weakened by this new information?

Identify and translate this question: "Which of the following statements about the relationship between price and access to medical care would most support the author's claim regarding free clinics?"

Question Type: application strengthen Translation: What new piece of information about price and access to care, taken as a true statement, goes the furthest to support the author's argument about free clinics?

Identify and translate this question: "Which of the following assumptions, if shown to be valid, would most strengthen the author's main thesis in the passage?"

Question Type: application strengthen Translation: What new piece of information, taken as a true statement, goes the furthest to support the author's central claim in the passage?

Identify and translate this question: "Which of the following, if assumed to be true, would provide the best evidence to support the author's conclusion about the economic role of slavery in the American South?"

Question Type: application strengthen Translation: What new piece of information, taken as a true statement, goes the furthest to support the author's claim regarding the relationship between slavery and the economy of the American South?

Identify and translate this question: "Which of the following facts, if taken as true, most strengthens the author's argument regarding Monet and the Impressionist movement?"

Question Type: application strengthen Translation: What new piece of information, taken as a true statement goes the furthest to support the author's claim about Monet and Impressionism?

Identify and translate this question: "Which of the following hypothetical findings would provide the strongest support for the author's view of Keat's poetry?"

Question Type: application strengthen Translation: What new piece of information, taken as a true statement, goes the furthest to support the author's claims regarding Keat's poetry?

Identify and translate this question: "All of the following research findings would strengthen the author's argument in the passage EXCEPT:"

Question Type: application strengthen EXCEPT Translation: What new piece of information, taken as a true statement, would NOT strengthen the author's argument in the passage?

Identify and translate this question: "Which of the following facts most UNDERMINES the author's claim that neighborhood health clinics are ineffective?"

Question Type: application weaken Translation: Which statement, taken as true, goes the furthest to indicate that neighborhood health clinics ARE effective?

Identify and translate this question: "Which of the following statements, if valid, would CALL INTO QUESTION the author's characterization of the Peruvian military during the Cold War?"

Question Type: application weaken Translation: Which statement, taken as true, goes the furthest to indicate that the author has INCORRECTLY described the nature of the Cold War Peruvian military?

Identify and translate this question: "Which of the following hypothetical outcomes would present the strongest CHALLENGE to the author's claims about the practical value of abstract ethical codes?"

Question Type: application weaken Translation: Which statement, taken as true, goes the furthest to indicate that the author's claims regarding the practical value of abstract ethical codes are FALSE?

Identify and translate this question: "Which of the following statements about the origins of modern dance, if true, would most WEAKEN the author's hypothesis?"

Question Type: application weaken Translation: Which statement, taken as true, goes the furthest to indicate that the author's hypothesis as presented in the passage is FALSE?

Identify and translate this question: "All of the following facts would CAST DOUBT on the author's claim that martial law should only be employed in times of war EXCEPT:"

Question Type: application weaken EXCEPT Translation: Which statement, taken as true, is MOST CONSISTENT with the author's claim that martial law should only be used in times of war?

Identify and translate this question: "The primary message of the passage is that local politicians should do which of the following?"

Question Type: general main idea Translation: Which of the following best represents the central point of the passage as a whole?

Identify and translate this question: "Which of the following best represents the author's central argument in the passage?"

Question Type: general main idea Translation: Which of the following best represents the central point of the passage as a whole?

Identify and translate this question: "The author's main purpose in writing the passage is most likely to:"

Question Type: general primary purpose Translation: Which of the following best describes the central purpose of the passage as a whole?

Identify and translate this question: "The author's attitude in the passage can best be described as:"

Question Type: general tone/attitude Translation: Which choice best describes the author's tone or attitude in the passage as a whole and, if the tone is positive or negative, the strength of that tone or attitude?

Identify and translate this question: "Which of the following is a claim supported by convincing evidence in the passage?"

Question Type: reasoning evaluate Translation: Which of the following claims is both made by the author AND supported by strong evidence in the passage?

Identify and translate this question: "Which of the following claims made in the passage is LEAST supported by valid evidence?"

Question Type: reasoning evaluate Translation: Which of the following claims made b the author either 1) has no supporting evidence or 2) has only weak or questionable supporting evidence?

Identify and translate this question: "How well supported is the author's assertion that past experiences substantially influence current perceptions?"

Question Type: reasoning evaluate Translation: How and how well does the author support the claim that what a person experienced I the past affects how a person sees things in the present?

Identify and translate this question: "According to the passage, social status plays a major role in income. What evidence is provided to support this statement?"

Question Type: reasoning structure Translation: Which of the following statements is made in the passage in DIRECT support of the claim that social status affects income?

Identify and translate this question: What is the author's most likely purpose in discussing physiological experimentation?"

Question Type: reasoning structure Translation: Which statement best describes, in the context of the passage, WHY the author discusses psychological experimentation?

Identify and translate this question: "The author provides statistical data showing voting trends in the 1990s in order to:"

Question Type: reasoning structure Translation: Which statement best represents WHY, in the context of the passage, the author provides statistical data regarding voting trends in the 1990s?

Identify and translate this question: "The author quote the poet Rimbaud in order to:"

Question Type: reasoning structure Translation: Which statement best represents, in the context of the passage, WHY the author quotes Rimbaud

Identify and translate this question: "Why does the author state that formalist criticism is less popular today than in the past?"

Question Type: reasoning structure Translation: Which statement best represents, in the context of the passage, the PURPOSE of the author's statement that formalist criticism has declined in popularity?

Identify and translate this question: "The term 'surrealist perspective' refers to:"

Question Type: specific inference Translation: Which of the following statements is most consistent with the author's description in the passage of the "surrealist perspective"?

Identify and translate this question: "Passage information does NOT suggest an answer to which of the following questions?"

Question Type: specific inference Translation: Which question would be the most difficult to answer based only on information provided in the passage?

Identify and translate this question: "Which of the following claims is most believable based only on assertions made in the passage?"

Question Type: specific inference Translation: Which statement is best supported by information provided in the passage?

Identify and translate this question: "The author suggests which of the following to be the driving force behind social change?"

Question Type: specific inference Translation: Which statement is best supported by the passage regarding the PRIMARY factor in social change?

Identify and translate this question: "The author's analysis of the aftermath of WWII depends on the assumption that international treaties should be:"

Question Type: specific inference Translation: Which statement is both relevant to the author's discussion of post-World War II and international treaties AND best supported by the passage?

Identify and translate this question: "The author indicates all of the following EXCEPT:"

Question Type: specific inference EXCEPT Translation: Which statement is LEASE supported by information provided in the passage?

Identify and translate this question: "According to the passage, Malthus described which of the following to be a result of increasing population?"

Question Type: specific retrieval Translation: Based only on the passage, what did Malthus claim to be a result of the increased population?

Identify and translate this question: "The author states that while self-preservation may be the first concern of individual Hyman beings, the first concern of any system of justice must be:"

Question Type: specific retrieval Translation: What does the author state should be the first concern of all justice systems?

Identify and translate this question: "What was one goal Dr. Minor had in submitting definitions to the Oxford English Dictionary?"

Question Type: specific retrieval Translation: Which of the choices comes the closes to being stated by the author as one of Dr. Minor's goals in submitting definitions to the Oxford English Dictionary?

Identify and translate this question: "As described by the author, Foucault's description of modern forms of punishment explicitly includes which of the following assertions?"

Question Type: specific retrieval Translation: Which of the following, based only on passage information, either restates or is a close paraphrase of a claim made by Foucault about modern punishment?

Identify and translate this question: "The author states that the J-curve theory indicates that:"

Question Type: specific retrieval Translation: Which of the following is explicitly stated by the author as a conclusion supported by the J-curve theory?

Identify and translate this question: "Which of the following assertions is NOT made in the passage?"

Question Type: specific retrieval NOT Translation: which of the following claims or statements is NOT made by the author in the passage?

Identify and translate this question: "The author's apparent attitude towards post modernist literary criticism is:"

Question Type: tone/attitude Translation: Which choice best describes the author's tone or attitude regarding post-modernist literary criticism and, if the attitude is positive or negative, the strength of that tone or attitude?