501 Critical Reading Questions

a.
Both passages are first-person accounts that use personal experi-
ence to build an argument.
213.
c.
Choice 
d
is true, but too specific to be the author’s primary pur-
pose. Choice 
e
can be eliminated because it is too negative and
choices 
a
and 
b
are too positive.
501
Critical Reading Questions

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214.
a.
The author contrasts the public’s dismissal of the arcane practice
of wearing garlic with its increasing acceptance of herbal reme-
dies.
215.
b.
In this context, 
conventional
refers to the established system of
Western medicine or biomedicine.
216.
d.
Choice 
a
is overly general and choice 
b
is too negative to be
inferred from the survey’s findings. Choice 
c
is incorrect—the
author does not mention the “baby boom” age group, but that
does not imply that the survey does not include it. The survey
does not support the prediction in choice