nikitamaheshwari wrote:
5. The author of the passage would most likely to agree with which of following statements about Ketcham?
(A) He overemphasizes the influence of classical ideals on the first six Presidents of the United States. - need explanation on this
(B) He fails to recognize that classical ideals had little influence on politics in the United States. - not mentioned in the passage
(C) He does not pay adequate attention to the negative aspects of the first six Presidents’ commitment to classical ideals.
(D) He inaccurately suggests that classical ideals gave rise to our modern notion of democracy. - classical conception of leadership was incompatible with our modern notion of the freedoms of speech and press, freedoms intimately associated with the legitimacy of opposing political parties.
Ketcham didnt even suggest that classical ideals gave rise to modern notion of democracy. It's just that he didnt wanted the classical notion to decline
(E) He underestimates the effect of ideologies other than the humanist tradition on the first six Presidents. - he underestimated the effect of one ideology - commerce and the ideologies usage is incorrect?
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5. The author of the passage would most likely to agree with which of following statements about Ketcham?
(A) He overemphasizes the influence of classical ideals on the first six Presidents of the United States.
The author does not say that Ketcham overemphasised the influence of classical ideals on first 6 Presidents. The author just informs us that Ketcham talks about the influence of classical ideals on first 6 Presidents.
The author instead says that Ketcham over justifies classical ideals (not their influence on Presidents)
(B) He fails to recognize that classical ideals had little influence on politics in the United States.
First 6 Presidents had adopted the classical ideals. Is the author saying that classical ideals had little influence on US politics? Perhaps not. Then whether Ketcham recognised this or not is out of question.
(C) He does not pay adequate attention to the negative aspects of the first six Presidents’ commitment to classical ideals.
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Ketcham is so strongly committed to justifying the classical ideals, however, that he underestimates the advantages of their decline. For example, the classical conception of leadership was incompatible with our modern notion of the freedoms of speech and press, freedoms intimately associated with the legitimacy of opposing political parties.The author says that Ketcham does not pay attention to the negative aspects of commitment to classical ideals. Hence (C) is correct.
(D) He inaccurately suggests that classical ideals gave rise to our modern notion of democracy.
The author does not say that Ketcham suggests that classical ideals gave rise to modern notion of democracy.
(E) He underestimates the effect of ideologies other than the humanist tradition on the first six Presidents.
The author doesn't talk about what Ketcham felt about the effect of other ideologies. He only talks about what Ketcham felt about classical ideology.
Answer (C)
In Question 6, I understand that it is mentioned that political parties did not represent general good. But where is it written that they represented "opposing political interests"?