June 2007 PrepTest, Section 4, Question 9
By Brandon Beaver | Published October 29, 2024
Type: Primary Purpose
Difficulty:
Explanations
This is a comparative Main Point question. The correct answer will be a question each passage sought to address. Here’s my prediction:
Both passages covered the evolutionary significance of music. Passage A explored it relative to language and passage B explored it relative to the development of the mother-infant relationship.
Let’s see.
A
Wrong. Passage B addressed this, but passage A didn’t.
B
Nope. Like A, passage B explored this, but passage A didn’t.
C
Perfect. As we predicted, this is the central question in each passage.
D
Wrong again. Passage A addressed this, but passage B didn’t.
E
Also wrong. Like D, this was passage A, but not passage B.
Passage
The two passages discuss recent scientific research on music
Question 9
Both passages were written primarily in order to answer whic