🌍 Passage 2: Globalization / “Flat World” Argument

Which of the following best describes the authors exigence in the passage?

The uncritical acceptance of an opinion that he finds unproblematic

In the passage

the author makes which of the following assumptions about his audience?

In the second sentence of the passage ("Ancient…history")

the series of short

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the second paragraph and the third paragraph?

Paragraph 3 presents evidence that addresses questions raised in paragraph 2.

In the sixth sentence of the third paragraph ("The near-global diffusion…opposite effect")

the author mentions the diffusion of English primarily to

Which of the following does the author represent as an effect of "congregat[ing] in places of high environmental risk" (paragraph 3

sentence 8)

In the eighth sentence of the third paragraph

the author mentions "the absence of coordinated warning systems" to amplify his point about

The quotation marks around the phrase "international community" (paragraph 3 sentence 9) serve primarily to

signal a skeptical tone that reflects the author's doubts about the existence of such a community

In the final sentence of the third paragraph ("The power of place . . . thrall")

which of the following best describes the effect of removing the words "the vast majority of"?

At what point in his development of the passage's line of reasoning does the author arrive at his thesis?

The first four sentences of the third paragraph ("Not yet…even setbacks")

In the fifth sentence of the fourth paragraph ("And in certain . . . true")

the author italicizes the verb "is" primarily to emphasize

In the fourth paragraph

the author cites Thomas Friedman primarily to