Tackled RC passage just as CR question.
1. The author makes a few different points throughout the passage. In paragraph 4, the author is primarily concerned with:
A. providing a richer alternative to the one-dimensional view of tyranny furnished in Republic.
( "Richier alternative" ? nowhere such word is mentioned. para fourth provides sinply other dmensional view but defnately not RICHIER ALTERNATIVE )
B. establishing a relationship between the content of platonic dialogues and the order in which they first appeared
( ORDER IS NOT PRIMARY CONCERN. THATS FOR SURE.
C. dismissing Giovannini‘s findings on the grounds that they are more imagined than real.
( THE AUTHOR CRITITISIZES GIOVANNI`S FINDINGS BUT NOT ON THE BASES THAT THEY ARE MORE REAL ) MORE REAL IS NOT MENTIONED. OUT OF SCOPE.
D. supplying an overall assessment of Giovannini‘s argument about the platonic.
YES AUTHOUR DEFINAELY ASSESSES GIOVANNIS ARGUMENT. KEEP.
E. mildly criticising Giovannini‘s findings but also indirectly supporting them
(MILDLY CRITISIZING ? OH C`MON ) OUT OF SCOPE. 2. According to the information put forth by the author in the passage, what does Giovannini suggest about tyrannical regimes as depicted in Lysis?
A. They fulfil the brutish desires of the tyrant. ( OUT OF SCOPE. FULLFILLMENT OF DESIRES IS NOT MENTIONED IN GIOVANNIS SUGGESTION)
B. They are typically incompatible with the political community. ("POLITICAL COMMUNITY IS MENTIONED, BUT IN DIFFERENT CONTEXT". OUT OF SCOPE.
C. They result from a severe imbalance in the relationship between the ruler and the ruled. )
THE IMBALANCE IS MENTIONED.
For such a figure, friendship—for many of the Greek philosophers, the foundation of healthy political community—is ultimately impossible, because ―the one who is perfect does not depend on the many who are imperfect, but the many who are imperfect depend on the one who is perfect
D. They promote strength and self-reliance among the general populace. (THIS ONE IS TRICKY. SELF RELIANCE IS NOT MENTIONED. OUT OF SCOPE.
Self-sufficiency is a way of thinking and living in which the goal is complete autonomy in at least one aspect of life WHERE AS Self-reliance is a way of thinking and living in which the family produces as much food, energy, shelter, clothing, and tools as it can for its own use, but it works in a complementary way with other families.
E. They are an anomaly in the otherwise benevolent regimes of other rulers.
ANOMALY IN RERTMS OF REGIMES IS NOT METIONED. OUT OF SCOPE. 3. Suppose conclusive evidence emerged that, in order to shield his audience from confusion, Plato on occasion intentionally avoided revealing complex or seemingly contradictory conclusions in his dialogues. What relevance would this information have to the passage?
A. It would weaken Giovannini‘s claim that the platonic tyrant is a paradoxical figure.
( GIOVANI DOESNT CLAIM the platonic tyrant is a paradoxical figure )
B. It would verify the author‘s assertion that Republic provides a reasonable but only partial depiction of Plato‘s conception of the tyrannical character.
( NOWWHERE IS MENTINED A PARTIAL DEPICTION) OUT OF SCOPE
C. It would weaken the author‘s major criticism of Giovannini‘s research.
AUTHOR CRITICIZES GIOVANNI`S RESEARCH IN PARA 4. "Most significantly, Giovannini appears not to have anticipated an obvious objection to his research design"
D. It would weaken the author‘s assessment of Giovannini‘s work as ingenious and provocative.
NOW THIS ONE IS REALLY TRICKY. THE AUTHOR MENTIONES "But this account, while ingenious and provocative, is not beyond question." SO AUTHOR AGREES THAT GIOVANNIS WORK IS INGENIOUS AND PRIVACATIVE, HENCE AUTHOR DOESNT ASSESS IT AS ingenious and provocative
E. It would have no impact on the claims made in the passage.
THATS FOR SURE OUT OF SCOPE.