A
Because the film studio owns the new technology, the studio will be able to control its use in any future films.
B
Films that introduce innovative special-effects technologies generally draw large audiences of people who are curious about the new effects.
C
The production costs of this film are so high that, even if the film is popular, it is unlikely that the film’s ticket sales will offset those costs.
D
In the past, many innovative special-effects technologies were abandoned after the films for which they were developed proved to be unpopular.
E
The use of the new special-effects technology would lower the production costs of other films that use it.
For a work to be rightly thought of as world literature, it must be received and interpreted within the writer’s own national tradition and within external national traditions. A work counts as being interpreted within a national tradition if authors from that tradition use the work in at least one of three ways: as a positive model for the development of their own tradition, as a negative case of a decadent tendency that must be consciously avoided, or as an image of radical otherness that prompts refinement of the home tradition.
Summary
For a work to be considered world literature, it must be received and interpreted by the writer’s own national tradition and by other national traditions. A work is interpreted by a national tradition if writers from that tradition use it in at least one of three ways: as a positive model for the development of their tradition, as a negative model to avoid in the development of their tradition, or as a way to refine the development of their tradition.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
A work can be a negative model in some contexts and a positive model in others and still be considered world literature.
In order to be interpreted by a national tradition, a work of literature must affect the development of that tradition in some way.
A
A work of literature cannot be well received within an external national tradition if it is not well received within the writer’s own national tradition.
Unsupported. The stimulus doesn’t connect the the writer’s own national tradition with external national traditions. Perhaps a work can still be received well in an external tradition without being received well in the writer’s own tradition.
B
A work of world literature offers more to readers within external national traditions than it offers to readers within the writer’s national tradition.
Unsupported. The stimulus does not give any information about what a work of world literature offers to different audiences.
C
A work should not be thought of as world literature if it is more meaningful to readers from the writer’s national tradition than it is to readers from external national traditions.
Unsupported. Whether a work is more meaningful to one group or another has no effect on whether it should be thought of as world literature.
D
A work of world literature is always influenced by works outside of the writer’s national tradition.
Unsupported. For a work to be world literature, it must be received and interpreted by the writer’s own national tradition and by other national traditions. We aren’t told that it’s always influenced by other works outside of the writer’s national tradition.
E
A work is not part of world literature if it affects the development of only one national tradition.
Strongly supported. A work of world literature must be interpreted by the writer’s national tradition and other national traditions. Thus, it must affect the development of both traditions either as a positive model, a negative model, or a model of refinement.
A
What were the reasons for performing maintenance on the parking area directly in front of the building on that particular day?
B
Were any other of the meeting attendees also late to the meeting because they had difficulty finding parking?
C
What are the parking patterns in the building’s vicinity on days when the parking area in front of the building is open?
D
Does the businessperson have a tendency to be late to meetings?
E
Was it particularly important that the businessperson not be late to this meeting?
Riverdale’s Modern Party Chairperson: Maples, the Modern Party candidate, would be a better mayor than his opponent, Tannett, who is a member of the Traditionalist Party. Every member of the Modern Party is better qualified to be mayor than is any member of the Traditionalist Party.
Summary
Maples, the Modern Party candidate, would be a better mayor than Tannett, his opponent and member of the Traditionalist Party. Every Modern Party member is better qualified to be mayor than any Traditionalist Party member.
Notable Valid Inferences
For MBT-Except questions, the wrong answers are all Could Be True. The one right answer Must Be False.
Tannett is better qualified to be mayor than any other member of the Traditionalist Party.
Maples is the least qualified Modern Party member for mayor.
A
Maples has the least seniority of any member of Riverdale’s Modern Party and was recently ousted from the Traditionalist Party.
Could be true. We don’t have any information in the stimulus about Maples’ seniority status.
B
Tannett would be a better mayor than would any other member of Riverdale’s Traditionalist Party.
Could be true. It is possible that Tannett is the best member of the Traditionalist Party, but not better than any Modern Party member.
C
Few residents of Riverdale believe that Maples would be a better mayor than Tannett.
Could be true. The stimulus does not provide any information about what residents of Riverdale believe. We cannot assume that Riverdale’s Modern Party Chairperson’s beliefs are representative of the residents.
D
Of all the members of Riverdale’s Modern Party, Maples would be the worst mayor.
Could be true. The stimulus tells use that every Modern Party member is more qualified than any Traditionalist Party member. It is possible that Maples is the worst in the Modern Party, but still better than any Traditionalist Party member.
E
Tannett is better qualified to be mayor than is Riverdale’s Modern Party Chairperson.
Must be false. The stimulus tells us that every Modern Party member, not just candidate, is better qualified than any Traditionalist Party member.