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Can someone help with #1? I am not sure how this conclusion is drawn. Thank you.

Q1.

Reference from para2 -

"Although many of these historians have accepted the earlier assumption that Loyalists represented an upper class, new evidence indicates that Loyalists, like rebels, were drawn from all socioeconomic classes"

"Despite these vague categories, one should not claim unequivocally that hostility between recognizable classes cannot be legitimately observed. Outside of New York, however, there were very few instances of openly expressed class antagonism."

Reference from para3.

"Having said this, however, one must add that there is much evidence to support the further claim of recent historians that sectional conflicts were common between 1763 and 1789"

Reference from last para.

"In summary, historians must be careful about the kind of conflict they emphasize in eighteenth-century America."

Effectively the author agrees with the recent historians, that there are internal conflicts among the colonists. But he is not happy with the categories made by them (note that these opinions are inhereted from old historians Beard and Becker). Categories such as Loyalists vs Rebels, conflicts within rebels, and no conflicts outside NewYork. Thus author says recent historians must be careful about what they emphasize in their work/ writings.

Hence option B partially justified, is correct.

PoE

(A) potentially verifiable - This is passage is all about verifying/ evaluating. No more verification is suggested by the author.
(C) logically contradictory - There is no clear contradiction between the views author and recent historians.
(D) ingenious but flawed - No such flaws discussed by the author during evaluation.
(E) capricious and unsupported - capricious means - unreasonable changes in opinion. The author does not say that the recent historians change their opinion often. Also the views of the historians are supported by evidences. Hence this option is incorrect.

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Can you pls post the OE for Q2,5

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Hello abcdddddd

Up to 17 minutes are fine for this 700-Level passage.
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can anyone please explain how Ans is opt A for ques 6 ??
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can anyone please explain how Ans is opt A for ques 6 ??


Hi swatib28,

Option A for Question 6 can be inferred from the lines: "The “Paxton Boys” incident and the Regulator movement are representative examples of the widespread, and justified, discontent of western settlers against colonial or state governments dominated by eastern interests.", implying that the governments did not fully represent the interests of people in western regions.

Option B is incorrect, as opposite of what's mentioned was the case and Options C,D, and E are not discussed in the passage.


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Can someone pls explain why A is not correct in Q7
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Can someone pls explain why A is not correct in Q7

Hi GDT,

Although Option A is mentioned in the passage, w.r.t sectional conflicts, we cannot infer for sure, if the sectional conflicts in America were instigated by eastern interests against western settlers.

Option D on the other hand can be inferred from the lines:"The kind of conflict most emphasized by these historians is class conflict." and "Although undertones of class conflict existed beneath such hostility, the opposition was primarily geographical.",implying that the sectional conflicts contained an element of class hostility.
Option E is incorrect for the same reason,as we can only infer that they contained an element of class hostility, whether they were motivated by motivated by class conflicts is too far-stretched.

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Hello abcdddddd

Up to 17 minutes are fine for this 700-Level passage.

Well. almost 20 minutes is a bit off.

Also, this is from the old GRE. No passage in the actual GMAT and GRE has so many questions on this difficult level.

Therefore, if you look at it from the pure practice standing point even 1 hour could be fine.

However, if you look at it from the "timing practice", to test your RC skills 10 minutes / 12 minutes at the very most should be the line !!

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