Got 5/7. Took approx 17 mins, including 5.5 mins to read.
P1: Feb 1848 revolution -- lack of description compared to other revolutions, largely ignored.
P2: 2 reasons provided for the lack of description.
P3: we should not trust memoirs.
1. According to the passage, “a useful description of participants” (Highlighted) exists for which of the following insurrections of nineteenth-century France?I.The July Insurrection of 1830
II.The February Revolution of 1848
III.The June insurrection of 1848
IV.The May insurrection of 1871
(A) I and III only
(B) II and IV only
(C) I, II, and III only
(D) I, III, and IV only
(E) II, III, and IV only
Quote:
Only in the case of the February Revolution do we lack a useful description of participants
Focus on the word 'Only' and 'lack'. Therefore the answer should be D.
2. It can be inferred from the passage that support for the objectives of the February Revolution was2.
(A) negligible- Hold
(B) misguided- Wrong
(C) fanatical- cannot infer
(D) spontaneous- Hold
(E) widespread-Wrong.
I got this wrong, selected choice D after stuck b/w A and D. Nonetheless, the correct choice is E.
3. Which of the following, best describes the organization of the second paragraph?
(A) The thesis of the passage is stated and supporting evidence systematically presented.
(B) Two views regarding the thesis presented in the first paragraph are compared and contrasted.
(C) Evidence refuting the thesis presented in the first paragraph is systematically presented.
(D) The thesis presented in the first paragraph is systematically supported.
(E) The thesis presented in the first paragraph is further defined and a conclusion drawn.
P2 provides support why there exists lack of information.
Got Q4 wrong too, so cannot comment on that.5. Which of the following can be inferred about the “detailed judicial dossiers” (Highlighted)?
(A) Information contained in the dossiers sheds light on the social origins of a revolution’s participants.
(B) The dossiers closely resemble the narratives written by the revolution’s leaders in their personal memoirs.
(C) The information that such dossiers contain is untrustworthy and unrepresentative of a revolution’s participants.
(D) Social historians prefer to avoid such dossiers whenever possible because they are excessively detailed.
(E) The February Revolution of 1848 produced more of these dossiers than did the June insurrection.
Quote:
However, such documents are likely to be highly unreliable, unrepresentative, and unsystematically preserved, especially when compared to the detailed judicial dossiers prepared for everyone arrested following a failed insurrection
Author is comparing memoirs with Judicial dosseiers, and consider memoir unreliable compared to JD.
therefore, JD > memoir. Choice A.
6. Which of the following is the most logical objection to the claim made in (Text in Red)?(A) The February Revolution of 1848 is much less significant than the July insurrection of 1830.
(B) The backgrounds and motivations of participants in the July insurrection of 1830 have been identified, however cursorily.
(C) Even less is known about the July insurrection of 1830 than about the February Revolution of 1848.
(D) Historical records made during the July insurrection of 1830 are less reliable than those made during the May insurrection of 1871.
(E) The importance of the July insurrection of 1830 has been magnified at the expense of the significance of the February Revolution of 1848.
Revisit P1. We get.
Quote:
For each of the three other major insurrections in nineteenth-century Paris—July 1830, June 1848, and May 1871—there exists at least a sketch of participants’ backgrounds and an analysis, more or less rigorous, of the reasons for the occurrence of the uprisings. Only in the case of the February Revolution do we lack a useful description of participants
Choice B
7. With which of the following statements regarding revolution would the author most likely agree?(A) Revolutionary mobilization requires a great deal of planning by people representing disaffected groups.
(B) The objectives of the February Revolution were more radical than those of the June insurrection.
(C) The process of revolutionary mobilization varies greatly from one revolution to the next.
(D) Revolutions vary greatly in the usefulness of the historical records that they produce.
(E) As knowledge of the February Revolution increases, chances are good that its importance will eventually eclipse that of the June insurrection.
Author's position can be found here, here author is essentially contemplating the useful of the accounts.
Quote:
As a consequence, it may prove difficult or impossible to establish for a successful revolution a comprehensive and trustworthy picture of those who participated, or to answer even the most basic questions one might pose concerning the social origins of the insurgents.