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makes no mention of capitalist enemies. C is
incorrect because perestroika was meant to allow
a socialist society to develop successfully, and
because the passage makes no mention of the
failure of socialism. D is incorrect because the
passage makes no mention of capitalism.
- C. The passage quotes Gorbachev as saying that
the time for perestroika was ripe and that people
had yearned for change for a long time. A is
incorrect because the passage says that people had
yearned for change for a long time, and because
it says nothing about a sudden crisis. B is incor-
rect because the document says nothing about
the need for perestroika being exaggerated. D is
incorrect because the document says the time for
perestroika is ripe, not that it has passed. - D. Doregelès recalled that the people of Paris
(thereby indicating that it is the reaction of
the people of that city) were singing (a sign of
enthusiasm). A is incorrect because Doregelès
recalled that the people of Paris were singing (a
sign of enthusiasm, not skepticism). B and C
are incorrect because Doregelès recalled that the
people of Paris were singing; one can infer noth-
ing, therefore, about the rest of Europe. - A. Doregelès says that he was “exhilarated”
(excitedly happy) by what he had seen and expe-
rienced. B is incorrect because nothing in the
passage indicates that Doregelès was disgusted.
C is incorrect because nothing in the passage
indicates that Doregelès was frightened. D is
incorrect because the passage gives no indication
about how Doregelès thought France would fare
in the war. - D. The passage tells us that Clemenceau reacted
by saying, “It will be all right then,” indicating
that Clemenceau had some concern that the
French public would react poorly. A is incorrect
because nothing in the passage indicates that
Clemenceau was disgusted. B is incorrect because
there is nothing in the passage that indicates what
Clemenceau thought of France’s chances in the
war. C is incorrect because nothing in the passage
indicates that Clemenceau would serve as Prime
Minister of France. - B. World War I began in 1914, and the passage
clearly states that Clemenceau blames Germany
for it. A is incorrect because the Great Depression
began in 1929. C is incorrect because World
War II began in 1939. D is incorrect because the
Franco-Prussian War began in 1870.- B. The passage indicates that Clemenceau
believes that the chauvinistic lyrics of Deutschland
über alles reveal the German aggressiveness that
caused the war. A is incorrect because the pas-
sage does not offer an argument or an opinion
about the reasons Germany started the war. C is
incorrect because the meaning of betrayed in the
passage is “unwittingly revealed” and refers to
Germany’s intentions, not the outcome of the
war. D is incorrect because the phrase ultimate
framework refers to the German “race,” not to
modern warfare. - C. The date locates the passage in the eighteenth
century (the century of the Enlightenment),
the phrase law of nature is a key phrase from
the Enlightenment, and Voltaire is a famous
Enlightenment philosophe. A is incorrect because
the Scientific Revolution was a seventeenth-cen-
tury phenomenon, and because Voltaire is asso-
ciated with the Enlightenment. B is incorrect
because the Reformation is a sixteenth-century
phenomenon, and because Voltaire is associated
with the Enlightenment. D is incorrect because
the Romantic Movement is an eighteenth-cen-
tury phenomenon, and because Voltaire is asso-
ciated with the Enlightenment. - B. Voltaire is known to be an Enlightenment
philosophe, and the quotation asserts the neces-
sity of tolerance. A is incorrect because, although
it criticizes the behavior of Christians, it says
nothing about Voltaire’s religious beliefs (or lack
thereof ). C is incorrect because the quotation
asserts that the imperfection of men is a natural
law; it does not say that tolerance violates the
laws of nature. D is incorrect because, although
the quotation is from a letter praising English
society, it does not say that tolerance is uniquely
English. - C. The passage indicates that German public
opinion on the existence of a unique German
path in history shifted in 1945 and has shifted
again “today” (when Winkler was writing in
2006); all of that indicates a long-standing debate.
A is incorrect because the passage indicates that
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