In a recent study, David Cressy examines two central questions concern

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In a recent study, David Cressy examines two central questions concerning English immigration to New England in the 1630s: what kinds of people immigrated and why? Using contemporary literary evidence, shipping lists, and customs records, Cressy finds that most adult immigrants were skilled in farming or crafts, were literate, and were organized in families. Each of these characteristics sharply distinguishes the 21,000 people who left for New England in the 1630s from most of the approximately 377,000 English people who had immigrated to America by 1700.

With respect to their reasons for immigrating, Cressy does not deny the frequently noted fact that some of the immigrants of the 1630s, most notably the organizers and clergy, advanced religious explanations for departure, but he finds that such explanations usually assumed primacy only in retrospect. When he moves beyond the principal actors, he finds that religious explanations were less frequently offered, and he concludes that most people immigrated because they were recruited by promises of material improvement.   1 
 A 
 1. In the passage, the author is primarily concerned with

(A) summarizing the findings of an investigation 
(B) analyzing a method of argument 
(C) evaluating a point of view 
(D) hypothesizing about a set of circumstances 
(E) establishing categories

2 
 B 
 2. According to the passage, Cressy would agree with which of the following statements about the organizers among the English immigrants to New England in the 1630's?

I. Most of them were clergy. 
II. Some of them offered a religious explanation for their immigration. 
III. They did not offer any reasons for their immigration until some time after they had immigrated. IV. They were more likely than the average immigrant to be motivated by material considerations.

(A) I only 
(B) II only 
(C) II and III only 
(D) I, III, and IV only 
(E) II, III, and IV only

3 
 D 
 3. According to the paSsage, Cressy has made which of the following claims about what motivated English immigrants to go to New England in the 1630's?

(A) They were motivated by religious considerations alone. 
(B) They were motivated by economic considerations alone. 
(C) They were motivated by religious and economic considerations equally. 
(D) They were motivated more often by economic than by religious considerations. 
(E) They were motivated more often by religious than by economic considerations.

4 
 E 
 4. The passage suggests that the majority of those English people who had immigrated to America by the late seventeenth century were

(A) clergy 
(B) young children 
(C) organized in families 
(D) skilled in crafts 
(E) illiterate

adstudy · Answer

Notes  from the para - 
 Para 1 states broadly -  
A recent study was done to find out answer to two questions. First question's answer mentioned in this para.
 Para 2 states broadly -  
Second question's answer mentioned in this para.

Moving to the questions now.

At the start of the para the author mentions 'In a recent study'.
Using this and analyzing options - 
A)  summarizing the findings of an investigation  - Yes investigation directly corresponds to study and in both para's we have summaries of the 2 points needed to be answered.  Seems best fit till now. 
B)  analyzing a method of argument  - No argument is made here. Author is just trying to summarize the studies findings.  Hence incorrect. 
C)  evaluating a point of view  - No point of view mentioned here. Only study and its findings. Hence incorrect. 
D)  hypothesizing about a set of circumstances  - No hypothesis. Only study and its findings.  Hence incorrect. 
E)  establishing categories  - No categorization done.Only study and its findings discussed. Hence incorrect.

I.  Most  of them were clergy.  - Yes we know there were clergies involved but we have no proof that most of them were clergies.  Hence incorrect 
 II. Some of them offered a religious explanation for their immigration.  - Yes this is true. The principal actors (influential ones) offered this explanation but the less influential ones came because of promise of material improvements.  Hence correct 
 III. They  did not offer any reasons for their immigration  until some time after they had immigrated.  - 2 types of reasons were offered because of which they migrated in the first place - 
1. Influential ones - Religious explanations
2. Less Influential ones - Promise of material improvements
 Hence incorrect 
 IV. They were more likely than the average immigrant to be motivated by material considerations.  - From the para we know the 2 reasons that were given by different types of people but we don't know but we don't know exactly who was more likely to go with which reason.  Hence incorrect

Hence answer is B

There were two reasons for people to immigrate - Religious reasons AND Promise of material improvements.
From the last line of the para we have the answer clearly as 'D'
 "When he moves beyond the principal actors, he finds that  religious explanations were less frequently offered , and he concludes that most people immigrated because they were recruited by promises of material improvement."

In the last 2 lines of the first para we can find our answer - 
 "Cressy finds that  most adult immigrants were skilled in farming or crafts, were literate, and were organized in families. Each of these characteristics sharply  distinguishes  the 21,000  people who left for New England  in the 1630s  from most  of the approximately 377,000 English people  who had immigrated to America   by 1700."

Because of this A, C and D are out. Option B is not mentioned in the para. So it is out of scope.
Hence our  answer is E

Skywalker18 · Answer

All correct in 5 mins 15 seconds, including almost 1 min 45 seconds to read
Para 1- David Cressy's examination on English immigration to New England
Para 2- organizers and clergy advanced religious reasons, but as per DC only in retrospect; Most did for material reasons

1. In the passage, the author is primarily concerned with  
(A) summarizing the findings of an investigation - Correct, the passage summarizes the findings of David Cressy's examination
(B) analyzing a method of argument - incorrect, no method of argument is analyzed
(C) evaluating a point of view - incorrect, no evaluation 
(D) hypothesizing about a set of circumstances - incorrect, no hypothesis
(E) establishing categories - incorrect, no categories is established

2. According to the passage, Cressy would agree with which of the following statements about the organizers among the English immigrants to New England in the 1630's?

I. Most of them were clergy. - Incorrect, we have no evidence to show that most were clergy
II. Some of them offered a religious explanation for their immigration. - Correct; that some of the immigrants of the 1630s, most notably the organizers and clergy, advanced religious explanations for departure
III. They did not offer any reasons for their immigration until some time after they had immigrated. - incorrect, we don't know when these people offer the reason for their immigration; 
IV. They were more likely than the average immigrant to be motivated by material considerations. - incorrect, no such comparative statement can be inferred

3. According to the paSsage, Cressy has made which of the following claims about what motivated English immigrants to go to New England in the 1630's?

(D) They were motivated more often by economic than by religious considerations. 
 some of the immigrants of the 1630s, most notably the organizers and clergy, advanced religious explanations for departure, but he finds that such explanations usually assumed primacy only in retrospect. When he moves beyond the principal actors, he finds that religious explanations were less frequently offered, and he concludes that most people immigrated because they were recruited by promises of material improvement.

4. The passage suggests that the majority of those English people who had immigrated to America by the late seventeenth century were

(A) clergy - incorrect
(B) young children - incorrect
(C) organized in families - incorrect
(D) skilled in crafts - incorrect
(E) illiterate- Correct

Cressy finds that most adult immigrants were skilled in farming or crafts, were literate, and were organized in families. Each of these characteristics sharply distinguishes the 21,000 people who left for New England in the 1630s from most of the approximately 377,000 English people who had immigrated to America by 1700.

thangvietnam · Answer

some passage is easy to understand the structure. but its questions is hard because high level of inference is required. in this case, we need to infer some information from one sentence in the passage . focus on each word in answer choices and fine only one wrong word to eliminate the choice

Sajjad1994 · Answer

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