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25 Sep 2020, 14:38
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Question 3
Will2020
In answering a GMAT Verbal questions, you've got to be careful to stick to the answer choice as it is written -- there's nothing to be gained from changing the wording of an answer choice.
In the passage, we're told that,
- women who turned out at the party’s rallies gathered information that enabled them to mold party-loyal families
"Party-loyal families" suggests that these families will remain loyal to the Whig party, and presumable vote for the Whig party. Since we are told that the women who turned out at the party's rallies would mold these party-loyal families, we can infer that these women may be influencing the voting behavior of the men in their families.
This answer choice does depend on the difference between "women's participation in rallies" and "women's demonstrations at rallies." This is why changing the wording of an answer choice doesn't help -- you can only work with what's been listed in the question.
(D) is incorrect because the Whig propaganda in the passage does not mention any "women's demonstrations."
VidyaPrabhakar
Let's make sure we're clear on what the Whig propaganda says in the passage before looking at (B). The passage tells us the women invited to the party's rallies:
- 1) enabled them to mold party-loyal families,
2) reminded men of moral values that transcended party loyalty,
3) conferred moral standing on the Whig party
Remember, we're looking for the answer choice that asserts something that is included in the Whig propaganda. (B) tells us:
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There is nothing in the passage to suggest that women were the most important influence on political attitudes within a family. They might have molded party-loyal families but there could have been other, more important, influences on a family's political attitudes.
This is why (B) is not the correct answer to this question.
Let's take a look at (E):
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Women's presence at rallies conferring moral standing on the part is very similar to them enhancing the moral standing of the party.
This answer choice is in the Whig propaganda in the passage as the third item in our list above, making (E) the answer to this question.
I hope that helps!
10 Oct 2020, 09:44
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Question 1
FlyingWhale
To answer primary purpose questions, first break down the purpose of each paragraph:
- Paragraph 1: The author discusses a difference between sources used by two groups of historians who study the pre-Civil War era
- Paragraph 2: The author examines an error committed by BOTH groups
From this, we know that the author wrote this passage in order to discuss a problem with the way historians have studied pre-Civil War history.
This analysis nicely aligns with (C), which is the correct answer.
Here's (B):
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(B) is off for a couple of reasons. First, what the author really cares about is critiquing a bunch of historians -- not tracing the origins of a historical movement. Second, the author really doesn't discuss the origins of the "women's rights movement." Sure, he/she talks about their political involvement, but there's no mention of this leading to women's rights (the right to vote, etc).
For these reasons, you can get rid of (B) for question 1.
I hope that helps!
16 Feb 2021, 15:53
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However, most historians have underestimated the extent and significance of women’s political allegiance in the antebellum period.
for B
According to Whig propaganda, women who turned out at the party’s rallies gathered information that enabled them to mold party-loyal families, reminded men of moral values that transcended party loyalty, and conferred moral standing on the party. Virginia Democrats, in response, began to make similar appeals to women as well. By the mid-1850’s the inclusion of women in the rituals of party politics had become commonplace and the ideology that justified such inclusion had been assimilated by the Democrats.
Key message:He says that historians have underestimated women's role.
Key Problem:
After knowing the meaning of allegiance is loyalty, I could easily choose C. But in my first attempt, I guessed the meaning of allegiance as involvment . With this understanding, I did choose B.
They (most historians ) have failed to see that political propaganda advocating women’s political involvement did not reflect the reality of women’s actual roles. ( Women’s historians and Political historians underestimated women's role in politics and they moral standing that they brought to the party ).
I was very much convinced with B option. Please help to reject B.
AndrewN VeritasKarishma GMATNinja : please suggest how to reject B and how to deal with C if we don't guess the right meaning of the word.
