#24 - Concept Reference, Must Be True

[Administrator]

Complete Question Explanation

The correct answer choice is (C).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

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

Answer choice (D):

Answer choice (E):


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

[Tami Taylor]

Hi PowerScore,

For my first two attempts at this question, I chose (B) and (D). Is (C) the best answer because there is explicit proof in the passage whereas (B) and (D) are sort of "stretch" answers? For example, the passage doesn't speak about who the English thought would better guard their interests and who the English thought possessed the adequate amount of knowledge to rule responsibly. I think the proof for (C) is in this line: "[...] Parliament was unlimited in its power: it could change even the Constitution by its ordinary acts of legislation." Is this correct?

Thank you!

[Adam Tyson]

Correct, Tami! The key is in the question stem: "The author mentions" means you have to find the answer explicitly stated in the text, rather than implied by the author or assumed by the reader. Neither B nor D is ever explicitly stated, so we must reject them.

[Tami Taylor]

Awesome. Thanks, Adam!