Q13

[hwsitgoing]

Could some one please explain why number 13 is B and not D. I see evidence for both in the text. Specifically, lines 25-30 and 51-55 seem to support D. But is D incorrect because medieval guilds did not even try or want to discipline their members?

Thanks : )

[noah]

Thanks for your question.

It turns out that the passage takes a turn from discussing how guilds functioned to how the church functioned. The two lines that you referenced are actually discussing the church, not the guild.

(B) is supported by line 9 - "as other guilds often did [i.e. play a prominent role in enforcing these standards of conduct."

[carly.applebaum]

i see how D is incorrect from your response, but where is there support in the passage for B?

[noah]

i see how D is incorrect from your response, but where is there support in the passage for B?

Before I go re-read to explain this, does what I reference above do the trick?

(B) is supported by line 9 - "as other guilds often did [i.e. play a prominent role in enforcing these standards of conduct."

[carly.applebaum]

Yes thanks!

[al2568]

And why is C wrong?

It seems to go hand in hand with B's evidence in 6-10.

is it because it's "ethical" standards and not just standards?

"more exacting"? which means tougher. Seems like they had tougher standards. But maybe they weren't tougher. They were just enforced as opposed to canon lawyers non-enforcement?

"most"? Doesn't seem to be a problem because of "often" in line 9.

Answer B really seems like a needle in a haystack only available through POE.

[ohthatpatrick]

(C) commits the two most frequent errors in RC answer choices:
EXTREME language
and
FAKE comparison

When you see the word "most" in (C), you can simply ask yourself whether any tidbit of info in the passage ever indicated what was true for MOST guilds.

(It doesn't have to literally say "most"; it could say something interchangeable like "a majority" / "typically" / "generally" / "usually" / "tended to")

The closest we have is "often", which is NOT a paraphrase of most.

Saying "I often go to Maryland in the summer" is not equivalent to "Most summers I go to Maryland".

whereas, "I typically go to Maryland in the summer" IS equivalent to "most summers I go to Maryland".

The 2nd cardinal sin is the fake comparison between "how exacting" the ethical standards of one group is vs. another.

In order to justify "more exacting" ethical standards, we have to find some line reference that compares "how exacting" were the ethical standards of these two groups.

No support for that.

You may have liked (C) because the gist of the passage was that the church courts misbehaved and didn't police themselves (and the guild was used an example of something that COULD have done more policing).

But that isn't direct enough support for the specific quantitative and comparative wording of (C).

Hope this helps.