phrase that best supports the rhetorical effect of the discussed phrase, so eliminate (A).
Giving examples of the specific rights in question does not provide the best support for the
rhetorical effect of the discussed phrase, so eliminate (C). The attendance of women at the
conference is not related to the discussed phrase, so eliminate (D).
B In paragraph 2, Clinton discusses the experiences of women throughout the world: Yet much
of the work we do is not valued—not by economists, not by historians, not by popular
culture, not by government leaders. Choice (B) most accurately reflects this idea. Clinton
does not state that these leaders are purposely working against the prosperity of women, so
eliminate (A). Choice (C) is contradicted by what the passage states, so eliminate this
choice. Although these leaders may not value the work of women, the passage does not state
that these leaders have made it unacceptable to discuss women’s rights, so eliminate (D).
D The graphic shows poverty rates in America divided by gender and age. Across all age
groups, women experience higher rates of poverty than their male counterparts. This falls in
line with the passage’s assertion that women comprise 70 percent of the world’s poor.
Therefore, (D) is correct. Choice (A) is incorrect because, while the graphic shows a high
gender disparity among those 65 and older, it refers only to American poverty rates. The
graphic actually states that 15.4 percent of American women 18 to 65 are impoverished, not
that they make up that percentage of the world’s poor. Therefore, (B) is incorrect. And there
is no mention of how many children are impoverished worldwide in either the graphic or
the passage, so (C) is incorrect.
B The next-to-last sentence of the passage states that Seen throughout the procession is that
balance of the monumentally simple and the actual, and goes on to list several more types
of balance, that Heraclitus, the philosopher, wrote of in the sixth century B.C. This is
support for (B). While the author does discuss the representation of the passage of time in
the frieze, this idea is not connected to Heraclitus, so (A) can be eliminated. The mention of
Heraclitus also does not support the idea that the frieze is characteristically Greek, so (C)
is incorrect. Choice (D) is tempting, if the entirety of the sentence mentioning Heraclitus
isn’t included; however, the balance mentioned isn’t between mortals and the goddess
Athena.
A In the first paragraph of Passage 1, the author proposes his idea of what the frieze probably
represents. In the second paragraph, he describes the frieze. This matches (A). Choice (B)
may seem close at first because the author does indicate that the subject of the frieze is still
a matter of scholarly dispute. However, he does not question someone else’s
interpretation, so (B) is incorrect. Choice (C) falls into the category of “too narrow”: The
author does describe the frieze, but only in paragraph 2. Choice (C) doesn’t take paragraph
1 into account. Since no historical overview is given, (D) is also incorrect.
D By using the word unparalleled, the author is saying that it is unusual to see a
representation of a festival in classical Greek art that shows deities in attendance. Choices
(A), (B), and (C) do not match the meaning of “unusual,” and (D) does. Therefore, (D) is
the answer.