An inference question

[liu1993918]

It is the 16th RC question of OG13.

The question asks about "It can be inferred from the passage that the "scholars" mentioned in line 24 believe which of the following to be true?"

In line 24, the passage mentions that the scholars believe Garvey created a consciousness.

The correct answer says: Marcus Garvey had to change a number of prevailing attitudes.

I am confused now. Can I get a take-away from this question that "creation" means some previous things are changed?
If that take-away is true, do we use some common sense here? It is really a difficult common sense for me.
If that take-away is false, then I don't quite understand the correct answer. Can instructor gives me some advises?
Thanks in advance.

[RonPurewal]

we're not supposed to discuss OG problems on here, but, since you refrained from quoting the exact text, i'll indulge you this time.

this is not a vocabulary issue. the point is to think about this one specific context.
"creating a consciousness" means that you're making people conscious of some idea for the first time... in other words, an idea of which they were previously unaware.
turning unawareness into awareness = "changing attitudes".

[RonPurewal]

you can't say the same thing about ALL instances of "creating". for instance, if i create a birdhouse from some planks of wood, then i'm not necessarily "changing a birdhouse". (there may not have been one before.)
however, in the same example, i definitely CAN say that i'm "changing the environment (in which i'm putting the birdhouse)".

basically just common sense.
but don't make the mistake of thinking that you have to make sweeping generalizations. i.e., you are not trying to create some universal law for the word "create".

[RonPurewal]

finally—and perhaps most importantly—
which OTHER answer choice did you find MORE appealing?

see, the four wrong answers are all VERY wrong. they're absolutely nowhere close to being correct/justifiable.

so, even if you have some minor misgivings about the relationship between "creating a consciousness" and "changing attitudes", you can still realize that the other 4 choices have much more fundamental problems.

did you actually think one of the other choices was better? if so, which choice?
if not, then the complaint in this thread is really a non-complaint; you can't claim that answer #1 is wrong without throwing your weight behind some other answer #2.

[VanL329]

Not the OP but I narrowed it down to B and D. Can you explain why D is wrong?

D stated that MG hoped to revitalize consciousness of cultural and historical identity in the community.

Last paragraph stated that scholars argued that MG created the consciousness. So I interpreted D as being in line with the scholars' belief.


Thanks

[liu1993918]

Not the OP but I narrowed it down to B and D. Can you explain why D is wrong?

D stated that MG hoped to revitalize consciousness of cultural and historical identity in the community.

Last paragraph stated that scholars argued that MG created the consciousness. So I interpreted D as being in line with the scholars' belief.


Thanks

I thought D is wrong due to "revitalize".
This consciousness is created by MG, right? Thus, it doesn't exsit in the past, so it cannot be revitalize.

[RonPurewal]

I thought D is wrong due to "revitalize".
This consciousness is created by MG, right? Thus, it doesn't exsit in the past, so it cannot be revitalize.

^^ this.

[RonPurewal]

more generally, you should be EXTREMELY suspicious of answer choices that repeat specific words from the passage.
this is a common type of trap answer, meant to snare test-takers who don't actually read the text, and who instead depend on "oh, i think i saw this specific word in the passage".

if an answer choice repeats specific words from the passage, those words will almost always be misquoted, distorted, or changed in some other way. you should look for answer choices that express the same ideas, but in different words.

here, the word "revitalize" appears twice in the immediate neighborhood of the cited text. therefore, you should be VERY reluctant to pick a choice that contains the word "revitalize". and, indeed, "revitalize" has been distorted in choice D (as the previous poster points out).

[RonPurewal]

^^ this principle doesn't apply to things that can't readily be expressed in other ways.
for instance, names can't normally be expressed in different words; Ron Purewal is Ron Purewal, the U.S. Supreme Court is the U.S. Supreme Court, multiple sclerosis is multiple sclerosis, and so on.
so, if you see these kinds of words in both the passage and the answer choices, that's not necessarily a negative sign.