QUESTION: 173

At one time, European and Japanese companies tried to imitate their American rivals. Today, American appliance manufacturers import European scientists to lead their research staffs; American automakers design cars that mimic the styling of German, Italian, and French imports; and American electronics firms boast in their advertising of “Japanese-style” devotion to quality and reliability. In the world of high technology, America has lost the battle for international prestige.

Each of the following statements, if true, would help to support the claim above EXCEPT:

An American camera company claims in its promotional literature to produce cameras “as fine as the best Swiss imports.”
An American maker of stereo components designs its products to resemble those of a popular Japanese firm.
An American manufacturer of video games uses a brand name chosen because it sounds like a Japanese word.
An American maker of televisions studies German-made televisions in order to adopt German manufacturing techniques.
An American maker of frozen foods advertises its dinners as “Real European-style entrees prepared by fine French and Italian chefs.”

Answer(s): E

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QUESTION: 174

Johnson is on firm ground when he asserts that the early editors of Dickinson’s poetry often distorted her intentions. Yet Johnson’s own, more faithful, text is still guilty of its own forms of distortion. To standardize Dickinson’s often indecipherable handwritten punctuation by the use of the dash is to render permanent a casual mode of poetic phrasing that Dickinson surely never expected to see in print. It implies that Dickinson chose the dash as her typical mark of punctuation when, in fact, she apparently never made any definitive choice at all.

Which of the following best summarizes the author’s main point?

Although Johnson is right in criticizing Dickinson’s early editors for their distortion of her work, his own text is guilty of equally serious distortions.
Johnson’s use of the dash in his text of Dickinson’s poetry misleads readers about the poet’s intentions.
Because Dickinson never expected her poetry to be published, virtually any attempt at editing it must run counter to her intentions.
Although Johnson’s attempt to produce a more faithful text of Dickinson’s poetry is well-meaning, his study of the material lacks sufficient thoroughness.
Dickinson’s editors, including Johnson, have failed to deal adequately with the problem of deciphering Dickinson’s handwritten manuscripts.

Answer(s): B

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QUESTION: 175

A law requiring companies to offer employees unpaid time off to care for their children will harm the economic competitiveness of our nation’s businesses. Companies must be free to set their own employment policies without mandated parental-leave regulations.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion of the argument above?

A parental-leave law will serve to strengthen the family as a social institution in this country.
Many businesses in this country already offer employees some form of parental leave.
Some of the countries with the most economically competitive businesses have strong parental-leave regulations.
Only companies with one hundred or more employees would be subject to the proposed parental-leave law.
In most polls, a majority of citizens say they favor passage of a parental-leave law.

Answer(s): C

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