Explanation for Question 18 From the Reading Section on the 2017 May Sat
Question 18 says which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the 2 previous question. So we determined in an earlier video that the correct answer to 3 question 17 and the associated previous question here is going to be answer choice 4 B that the author suggests that a programmatic impulse to maximize 5 contentment primarily motivates men's behavior towards women. 6 So let's look at the lines of evidence given to us as answer choices 7 in question 18 and see which one goes along with that. 8 So we're looking for the maximization of contentment and we're looking for specifically 9 references to men's behavior. If you look at the answer choices here, 10 just ignore, answer choice E that's more of like an administrative thing. 11 So we're only looking at a through D so 12 we'll start with a obviously. So it says if a woman is not permitted 13 to assert amount of state of mind, wife would take her faculties with the 14 labors of any species of education. 15 So this one's going to be incorrect. It doesn't have either the elements that 16 we're looking for, whether the maximization of contentment or the reference 17 specifically to men's behavior. So answer choice a, 18 like I said wrong, if we look at answer choice B, 19 it says, but she is not permitted to attain it. 20 She is conscious of possessing equally strong mental powers, 21 but she is obliged to yield as the weaker creatures. 22 So one, this doesn't have anything to do with the maximisation of contentment....