501 Critical Reading Questions

b
may be true, but the passage does not
directly support this claim.
87.
d.
In this context, 
coupled
means to join for combined effect.
88.
b.
Although policies can refer to regulations or 
laws
(choice 
c
) or
guiding principles or 
theories
(choice 
a
), in this context 
policy
refers
to a course or method of action of a government or business
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intended to influence decisions or actions. Choice 
b
is the only
selection that implies action.
89.
e.
The passage describes the decade as one in which spending won
out over prudent measures like saving (lines 31–32). The wild stock
market speculation described in lines 35–37 is another example of
the exuberant decade.
90.
b.
The analogy depicts the stock market crash of 1929 as a weakening
agent to the economy (the way a stressful event may weaken the
body’s resistance to illness), not as the sole cause of the depression.
91.
d.
Lines 56–59 state that the New Deal expanded 
the role of the central
government in regulating the economy and creating social assistance pro-
grams.
Choices