Harshjha001 wrote:
I got the 1st question wrong .
I marked 'E' .
However i find both 'E' and 'A' close contenders.
Can you please let me know what made you choose 'A' over 'E' ?
Thanks in advance
For main idea questions, the approach is quite simple. Identify the answer choice which would be applied to all of the passage.
Option A says about Legacies of Papal. Okay, there is a guy with a long name, and his achievements are spoken all over the passage. So Hold on.
Option E talks about the personal account of renaissance. Apply this to the Passage.
Part 1: Introduction of a Papal, and his love for the fame.
Part 2: A sample incident in which the papal established his power.
Part 3: How Rome was rebuilt during the Papal's term.
Does Personal account apply to these parts? May be or may not be. i.e, We have no clue in the passage that the author of the passage lived in the same period as Papal lived.
Does the passage talks only about renaissance? Sure, Rome under the 'second Julius Ceasar' rose to glory of all cities in renaissance, but this is mentioned only in third passage. Not at an overall level. So there are two decision points to eliminate E.
Hope this helps you.