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Sajjad1994 Please provide an explanation to #4 & #5.

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4. On the basis of information supplied by the passage, which of the following would most likely resemble a social experience of a Sea Islander?

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In this application question, look for a social experience that parallels one described, probably in more general terms, in the passage. The second paragraph states the importance of family ties and illustrates this by discussing how family members can acquire land through these ties. This is similar to acquiring a job, or any other benefit, through family connections. (Note that you don’t need to find evidence that the Sea Islanders get jobs in this way—the point is that choice (E) is logically similar to an experience of the Sea Islanders, not that they might have this exact experience.)

Choice (A) is out, primarily because of its reference to court supervision. The only reference to property (the third and fourth sentences of paragraph 2) emphasizes exchanges within the family with no such supervision. More generally, courts and other government institutions are not mentioned anywhere in the passage.

Choice (B) is certainly not like anything in traditional Gullah life; it might be like an experience that has occurred since the “encroachments of tourism and commercialization,” except that we’re never told what these encroachments have been.

Choice (C) relates to the importance of family units, but it is the extended family that is important to the Gullah, whereas choice (C) involves unrelated adults.

Choice (D) comes out of left field (the GRE does occasionally throw in such farfetched choices). It has two problems. First, we’re not told whether or not Gullah culture contains artistic or other intellectual elements handed down from time immemorial as traditions. Second, choice (D) could refer to relearning a moribund tradition as well as to learning to perform in a living tradition; the passage, however, makes it clear that Gullah traditions as a whole are still very much alive.

Answer: E
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Sajjad1994 Please provide an explanation to #4 & #5.

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5. The author’s attitude towards the Gullah can best be described as

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This is a tone question. The author is relatively objective, but still favorable to Gullah culture, calling it “unique” and “vital,” and its heritage “strong.” This makes the positive, but restrained, terms in choice (A) accurate.

Choice (B) describes a hesitant, wavering approach, one that would be characterized by mixed feelings or conflicting ideas—this simply doesn’t fit the author’s approach. Given the relative objectivity just mentioned, “detached” in choice (C) is not too far off, but “quizzical” (puzzled, bemused) is totally out.

Choices (D) and (E) are the opposite.

Answer: A
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