Explanation for Question 39 From the Reading Section on the 2018 May Sat
Okay. Question number 39 asks us which choice best identifies the distinction 2 and how Douglas and Sumner characterize the Kansas Nebraska bill. 3 So choice a says, Douglas characterizes it as a straightforward, 4 as being straightforward in its intent. Well, in a seminar, 5 characterize it as being fundamentally deceptive, 6 so straightforward versus fundamentally deceptive. 7 Um, and note that we're looking at a distinction, a difference here. 8 So we want to see which difference is really supported by the passage. 9 Um, this answer choice a is a really good answer. 10 We see that Douglas in passage a, 11 um, or passage one is claiming that it's really a simple question about, 12 well, whether you allow people to legislate for themselves or not. 13 So he's, he's saying it's pretty straight forward. 14 Um, and he doesn't like that. There's, 15 um, confusion and quibbling about all of these other issues pertaining to the 16 legislation that he doesn't view as being quite as important. 17 He thinks it's much more straightforward. Whereas, 18 um, in passage two from the very beginning, 19 Sumner is making the claim it's in every respect, 20 a swindle it's mean and wicked, 21 and it's, it's cheating people out of rights. 22 So it's actually, um, 23 as, uh, as expressed by this word, swindle being repeated over and over, 24 it's, it's a sort of a trickery it's, 25 it's not straightforward. It's concealing the, 26 um, obstruction of people's rights under the guise of actually ext...