#4 - Concept Reference, Must Be True

[Administrator]

Complete Question Explanation

The correct answer choice is (E).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C):

Answer choice (D):

Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice.

This explanation is still in progress. Please post any questions below!

[Sdaoud17]

I was between B and E ? but I choice E because passage didnot say anything about the ideas of emerson and fuller . is that correct ?

also Can you explain why B is Wrong ?

Thank you

[Luke Haqq]

Question 4 discusses Emerson and Fuller, so the first thing to do is to locate where they're mentioned in the passage. It turns out they're only mentioned once, in lines 21-23.

The passage doesn't give any indication toward answer (B) in this short space where they're mentioned. Rather, they're mentioned as examples of transcendentalists with whom "King would have found ideas more nearly akin to his own" than the ideas of Thoreau.

Answer (E) best captures this. Note also the use of relatively weak, broad language in this answer, like "some" and "more similar." Since we know very little from the passage about Emerson and Fuller, a broad statement is likely to be the best answer choice in a Must Be True question like this one.

[Nikki Siclunov]

Emerson and Fuller were discussed briefly at the end of the first paragraph: in them, King would have found ideas more nearly akin to his own (lines 22-23) than the ideas he found in Thoreau's writing. So, it's reasonable to conclude that some of their ideas were more similar to King's than were some of Thoreau.

The reason why (B) is incorrect is that we simply cannot prove it. Notice how in lines 26-27, the author mentions that most transcedentalists were primarily interested in reform of the individual. King, on the other hand, sought to reform society. Emerson and Fuller are transcedentalists, but apparently King would have found their ideas appealing. It is therefore unclear whether they were more concerned with the reform of society (a la King), or - like most other transcedentalists - with the reform of the individual.

Makes sense?

[Sdaoud17]

For Nikki;
because its a MBT Question , would you think that Emerson and Fuller are transcedentalists and in line 26 to 29 ... shows that Emerson and fuller are too primarily interested in reform of society . which make b in MBT Question a conclusion of that idea!!

Thank you

[Nikki Siclunov]

Hi,

Let me elaborate on my earlier response to you: Emerson and Fuller are indeed transcendentalists. The author makes that clear in lines 20 - 22. However, most transcendentalists are primarily interested in reform of the individual (lines 26 - 28). It is reasonable to conclude that Emerson and Fuller are probably also primarily interested in the same type of reform.

King, on the other hand, is interested in reform of society (line 29). While he would have found Emerson and Fuller's ideas more nearly akin to his own (line 22 - 23), we cannot prove that they too would have been interested in reform of society. It is entirely possible that they were just like most other transcendentalists.

Hope this clears things up!

[Sdaoud17]

yes Thank you