Namangupta1997 wrote:
Hi
AndrewN I only got question 6 wrong in this passage. I have a very specific doubt. The passage in its last paragraph says "I believe that the evidence of her letters supports continued respect for Nightingale's brilliance and creativity". Then the passage cites a piece of example/evidence of how she encouraged "children to use their faculties ".
Is the author's conclusion of Nightingale's creativity extracted from the all the relevant achievements that are already mentioned in the passage (such as her establishing Royal commission, founding training centers etc.) OR from the fact that she encouraged the children to use their faculties? Doesn't the latter portrays her more of a "modern educator" than a "creative thinker"? With that in mind I rejected A and chose D as option D is gives more of a
big picture idea. Something as abstract as creativity should be symbolic of a series of impossible projects driven to success. Option A seems to have touched upon only one.
What did I miss?
You seem to have made too many assumptions yourself,
Namangupta1997, and restricted your scope too much. Notice that in the topic sentence of the third paragraph that you quoted, it mentions
her letters. Where else do we see such a reference? In the topic sentence of the second paragraph:
Quote:
[T]he editors of a new volume of Nightingale's letters view Nightingale as a person who significantly influenced not only her own age but also subsequent generations.
We can reasonably infer that the author of the passage may be referring to anything in the second paragraph as well as the third, and the second, of course, is full of praise for Nightingale.
Also, the passage does not go to the extreme that (D) hinges upon. Nightingale is described as a
reformer, so
no concept of organized help for the needy in nineteenth-century Britain seems like a premature judgment. She could have looked to improve an existing system, however inadequate that system may have been.
Perhaps the answer choices, in light of the evidence in the passage and the question stem itself, make more sense now. Thank you for thinking to ask.
- Andrew
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