Q16

[Jpyezzo]

I understand how we got (D) as the answer, but why is (E) wrong?

[Jpyezzo]

Because the first paragraph does discuss in line 8-9 how the assignment of ownership rights has been difficult to achieve, so that part threw me off a little.

[nbayar1212]

A. is wrong because the paragraph certainly does more than identify the types of property at issue (thats literally only one line in the passage)

B. is wrong because the passage does not mention the role of the concept of property ownership - if anything, the point is that the concept that is established doesn't mesh well the native's concept of property.

C. is wrong because the scope of the topic is restricted to property rights and not a "definition of the rights of natives" which is much more broad.

D. is RIGHT because the paragraph is squarely concerned with providing us a backdrop for the problem the native community has been facing i.e. the status quo law is defined in one way, the natives define property in another way, the status quo excludes moveable cultural property, an instance of the problem arising from museum ownership and related litigation.

E. is wrong because its way too broad to describe the role of the first paragraph specifically, E would make more sense as an answer to a primary purpose of the passage question but not the primary function of just one paragraph.

[JenniferK632]

I initially got this question right. Then, during blind review, I picked B, second-guessing myself.

I guess my review was really perfectly blind. Does anyone have strategies for combating this?

Initially, I had decided against B because it spoke only about museums, when the communal property principle could be applied elsewhere. Then, during my blind review, "background of litigation" seemed to be describing paragraph two, and I ruled it out.