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Manhattan_GMAT_Critical_Reasoning_Reading
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QUESTION
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or~~::ll1lizlJlti(),n of the passage? |
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which ofthe following? |
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The correct answer to |
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this pa:>sa,ge ( |
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ge!ler:al questl01JS without |
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use the details in the passage to answer the |
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or Detail Map to identify the para- |
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re!l:;vant to the que:stio,n. |
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standardized tests have very |
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SAT, COLLEGE GRADES, NORM-REFERENCED, MACHINE-SCORING |
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DISABiliTY, SPEED-READING |
for whom I-n,nll<:th is
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1) JUSTIFY every word in |
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answer \"U'Jl\,,'C;, |
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the answer ch()ic(~s |
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(A) The colonists resented the |
them without representation, |
(B)England's policy of taxation witbout rel>rt"Seliltalticin caused resentment aml[)n2 the colClnislts.
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2) AVOID extreme words. |
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use extreme words. These words-such as all, never, etc.-lmnec,essanly bro2lden the scope an answer choice. The GMAT ideas.
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can use to answer Reading
You may wish to jot these strategies down on
belsmmrlg the verbal |
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mp,m"rv and use |
when you practice answering ques- |
POINT SYSTEM bel:wt:en two answer choices.
For SPECIFIC que:stlcms:
"LT~."""">J III spe:cltlc questlOlls to key words (or synonyms)
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every word in your answer choice.
Avoid answer choices that contain EXTREME words.
that INFERS as LITTLE as posslbl.e.
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*Better: J:::tr,nii-ih,
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STRATEGY
1"0110'\'vlo2 best |
the maio idea of the pa!~sa:r!.e'! |
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In their definitions of the nature of |
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human need to belong. |
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t.ttml(:lty is best defined as a |
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In the United States in the twentieth century, ethnic groups have |
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in order to further their political and economic interests. |
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Ethnicity in the United States has been significantly changed by the Civil |
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The Official Guide for GMAT Review (lOth edition), #218 |
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the property a/the Graduate lvfana~rement |
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remTUJilca with its permission. |
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(B) restates the last point in the skull of |
our sketch. (C) summarizes details that might be found in paragraphs two and three.
(D) clearly pertains only to details found in paragraph three. Answer choice (E) can be eliminated because of its use of the extreme phrase entirely new. After we have elimi-
and we must choose between choices (B) and (D), which both seem
Using the point system tor general questions, we can assign (B) 2 points, as it relates to
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eXloli(~itly stated near the end of the first parag;ra]Jh; there- |
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the skull of your |
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Which of the foillowine stateucumts |
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discussed in the first n~r~'iH"~;nh is SUI)p(l'rtf~d |
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of Eu:ropean PO!ju!;aticms. |
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Native Americans. The |
correct answer is (8), which correctly summarizes the interplay between ethnic belong-
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which of the ."ollmiVir,tf! statements about the Mexican |
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In the 1960's the Mexican American cOlurrmnity |
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cnstoms of another ethnic |
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In the 1960's Mexican American cOlnrrrun.lty groups pn)motE~d ethnic solid:lril:y |
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primarily in order to effect economic '-ll,m);5'" |
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In the 1960's leaders of the Mexican American |
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In the 1960's the Mexican American |
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mClolilizitng constituents than did other ethnic groups in the United States. |
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This is a question referring to the our Skeletal Sketch as a search tool points us to the third paragraph, which contains the key
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the other answer cn()lC(;S |
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customs of Mexican |
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Graduate Management
chOH:es and reviewing our passage.
not men-
Information in the passage supports which of the following statements about groups in the nineteenth-century United States'!
errlpl:J,aslzed economic interests as a way of mobiiizing constituents
ettlmclty as being primordial in nature.
cultural tradltiorls that fused United States with those of
cornmumties in
pf()mote a renaissance of
CCflli'lJf!I, #223