What is wrong with answer C?
In line 6 it says: This shift has coincided with an increasing reliance on bankruptcy...a trend that has drawn widespread criticism
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- ohthatpatrick
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Atticus Finch
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Re: Q12
The sentence you were quoting from the passage isn't about criticizing the trend of shifting bakruptcy from having a punitive focus.
Rather, it's about criticizing the trend of more and more people/companies who rack up enormous debt relying on bankruptcy as a way of getting out of it.
There's widespread criticism of people/companies using bankruptcy as their "get out of debt free card".
Because of that resentment, some people might want to go back to a punitive focus on bankruptcy ... that sets the stage for the author's big argument against doing so.
Hope this helps.
Rather, it's about criticizing the trend of more and more people/companies who rack up enormous debt relying on bankruptcy as a way of getting out of it.
There's widespread criticism of people/companies using bankruptcy as their "get out of debt free card".
Because of that resentment, some people might want to go back to a punitive focus on bankruptcy ... that sets the stage for the author's big argument against doing so.
Hope this helps.
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Elle Woods
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Re: Q12
Here's my approach to this question. Comments are welcome and appreciated, and I'm hoping this is helpful for someone.
(A) "Bankruptcy laws always result...." This answer choice isn't off to a good start. Looks suspiciously extreme ("always"), and the focus is completely wrong ("Bankruptcy laws" versus "Changes in bankruptcy laws"). Eliminate.
(B) There is no support for the idea that the laws were initiated by the courts, or that they were "grudgingly" approved by legislators. The only mention of "courts" is in lines 46-48, but the context is entirely different -- with the focus being on application of the laws. Eliminate.
(C) There is no indication that creditors "bitterly opposed" the changes in bankruptcy laws. If anything, we can probably assume that the opposite was true: They went from getting nothing (lines 29-31) to having the "best hope of collecting" something (54-59). Eliminate.
(D) The correct answer. The support for this answer choice can be found at the end of the second paragraph (29-34) and the beginning of the third paragraph (36-43).
(E) There is no support for the idea that changes in bankruptcy law were part of a more general trend in society. The passage sticks closely to the context of bankruptcy law (punitive and modern versions), and there is no discussion of general trends in society at large whatsoever.
(A) "Bankruptcy laws always result...." This answer choice isn't off to a good start. Looks suspiciously extreme ("always"), and the focus is completely wrong ("Bankruptcy laws" versus "Changes in bankruptcy laws"). Eliminate.
(B) There is no support for the idea that the laws were initiated by the courts, or that they were "grudgingly" approved by legislators. The only mention of "courts" is in lines 46-48, but the context is entirely different -- with the focus being on application of the laws. Eliminate.
(C) There is no indication that creditors "bitterly opposed" the changes in bankruptcy laws. If anything, we can probably assume that the opposite was true: They went from getting nothing (lines 29-31) to having the "best hope of collecting" something (54-59). Eliminate.
(D) The correct answer. The support for this answer choice can be found at the end of the second paragraph (29-34) and the beginning of the third paragraph (36-43).
(E) There is no support for the idea that changes in bankruptcy law were part of a more general trend in society. The passage sticks closely to the context of bankruptcy law (punitive and modern versions), and there is no discussion of general trends in society at large whatsoever.
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