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#111619
Hi Moshe!
Let's break down our premises:
Premise 1: a democracy's citizens must know some history if democracy is going to meet its challenges
Premise 2: popular historical awareness is distorted because people learn history through interesting popular narratives that imply that heroes and villains have shaped all of history
Now, let's look at Answer Choice A: "historical awareness is distorted by the view that there have been only a few famous heroes or notorious villains."
I think the way we can interpret this is as follows: the popular narrative/view that implies that history has only a few notorious villains and heroes distorts popular historical awareness. This does essentially just restate the second premise. The popular view/narrative is what implies that history has few heroes and villains, if that makes sense. Therefore, they are both the cause of the distortion of popular historical awareness.
I hope this helps!
Let's break down our premises:
Premise 1: a democracy's citizens must know some history if democracy is going to meet its challenges
Premise 2: popular historical awareness is distorted because people learn history through interesting popular narratives that imply that heroes and villains have shaped all of history
Now, let's look at Answer Choice A: "historical awareness is distorted by the view that there have been only a few famous heroes or notorious villains."
I think the way we can interpret this is as follows: the popular narrative/view that implies that history has only a few notorious villains and heroes distorts popular historical awareness. This does essentially just restate the second premise. The popular view/narrative is what implies that history has few heroes and villains, if that makes sense. Therefore, they are both the cause of the distortion of popular historical awareness.
I hope this helps!