Commentator: In the new century,

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong12% picked this

   depend on a just distribution of electronic technology among

   Too Strong: all Out of Scope: just distribution This is invoking brand new ideas like "a just distribution of technology among all nations". We want our answer to be looping back to the things we already talked about, not bringing up random new stuff.

   12%
2. B

   Correct70% picked this

   decrease if that nation comes to have a high level of

   Why this is right

   This is rewarding us for having understood / assembled the Causal Chain. High level of economic wealth (i.e. great economic prosperity) means that you have the latest tech, which means your people are bombarded with images of other cultures, which means that your cultural identity is questioned and dissolved. If people are increasing their tendency to question the nation's cultural identify and the customs and traditions of that culture are dissolving, then the stability of the cultural identify has decreased.

   Skill tested: Most Supported · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   70%
3. C

   Too Strong2% picked this

   be ensured by laws that protect the customs and traditions of

   Too Strong: ensured Out of Scope: laws that protect Goes Against Passage According to these definitive statements, countries with great economic prosperity will suffer a dissolution of the customs and traditions of their nation. So it goes against what we read in a strong way to say that the stability of cultural identity can be ensured by laws.

   2%
4. D

   Opposite, if Anything6% picked this

   be threatened only if the people of that culture fail to acquire the

   We think that the stability of a nation's cultural identify will be threatened if the people of that culture do have the latest tech, because that leads to getting bombarded with images from other cultures, which leads to dissolution of customs and traditions.

   6%
5. E

   Out of Scope9% picked this

   be best maintained by ensuring gradual assimilation of new technical knowledge

   Out of Scope: new technical skills Too Strong: best maintained Based on what we heard, the stability of cultural identity would be best maintained by "avoiding great economic prosperity / avoiding having all the latest electronic technology". This almost sounds like the opposite by saying that we should acquire the latest technical knowledge and skills.

   9%