PrepTest 40, Section 4, Question 15
By Brandon Beaver | Published October 29, 2024
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Explanations
We're asked which answer choice most likely represents a view held by the author.
These are tough to predict closely, especially in passages like this one where the author's tone is more academic / matter-of-fact. The correct answer choice needs to come more or less straight out of the text or be, at most, one step removed.
Let's see.
A
Nah, this is directly refuted in the passage. There's no way the author believes this.
B
Tricky, but no. The force that causes everything to cohere is gravity. Note that the last sentence of the first paragraph more or less explains why this answer choice is wrong. We don't know what would produce the necessary gravity, but we still theorize that things are held together by gravity.
C
No chance. The author isn't saying that we're all-in on neutrino mass, simply that understanding their mass would help us understand more about the universe's structure.
D
Yes, tough one, though. The author would believe this is unlikely because the entire point of this passage is to explore one possible way we could better understand how the universe is structured by gravity. That suggests that gravity is not only the prevailing theory but also the one the author would agree we need to work within. This is the answer.
E
Nope. The author directly refutes this idea by telling us, at best, neutrino mass solves ~20% of the overall missing mass issue.
Passage
According to the theory of gravitation, every particle of ma
Question 15
Based on the passage, the author most likely holds which one