Explanation for Question 37 From the Reading Section on the 2018 March Sat
Hey guys. So question 37 asks us Dickens suggests that the tendency 2 towards suspicion exhibited, exhibited by many Americans is especially problematic 3 because it blank. So I want to think through our answer choices here and 4 think what are the things that Dickins was saying or a critique, 5 um, and a problem that would be caused by Americans being suspicious. 6 So let's look there, answer choices and figure it out from there. 7 Option a says that it causes people to be distrustful of their neighbors and 8 acquaintances. So once again, Dickins, 9 isn't really talking about neighbors and acquaintances. 10 He's talking about a distrust of the government. Well, 11 this may seem like off the bat, like, yeah, well, if you're distrustful, 12 then you're going to distrust your neighbors and whatnot. 13 Um, but that's really not what he's saying as a significant reason why it's 14 problematic B says emboldens people to challenge each other's judgments. 15 This seems to be more a positive thing. Whereas Dickens is really critiquing the 16 suspicion. It's not really saying that it emboldens people. 17 And that seems like a more good thing. So he's not, 18 he's not really saying that in a positive light, 19 he's saying it's a negative. See, says invites people to act with too great, 20 a degree of independence while he does talk about Americans' perspectives on independence. 21 He's not saying that the main issue with them being suspicious is that they 22 act very independently. In ...