PP1 (Shorter) Verbal Section 1 (Medium) Q5

<p><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="color:#27ae60;">The Right Answer</span></span></p> <p>Oh boy, this question is famous. This question is ETS at its best. This question is so tricky, yet so simple, that you can&#39;t help but admire their craft.&nbsp;</p> <p>To get this question correct, you MUST.READ.THE.QUESTION.SUPER.CAREFULLY.</p> <p>What does it say?&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li><em>Select the sentence that provides support for an answer to a question in the passage.</em></li> </ul> <p>Again, read it carefully. It&#39;s NOT asking you to select a sentence that is an <strong>ANSWER</strong> to a question. Rather, it&#39;s asking you to identify the sentence that <strong>SUPPORTS the answer</strong>. Very subtle. And very tricky. So our strategy should be to find the sentence where a question is answered and then choose the sentence after that one. That is going to be the sentence that supports the answer.</p> <p>Thus, the correct answer is the <span style="color:#27ae60;">last sentence</span>, &quot;A few bowls could easily be absorbed into another category...&quot;</p> <p><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="color:#e74c3c;">The Wrong Answers</span></span></p> <p>It&#39;s obvious that the only other potential answer to this question is the sentence that answers the question, the sentence that begins with, &quot;Perhaps the more earthenware people had...&quot; But remember, the question is not asking us to select the answer to a question in the passage but rather the sentence that SUPPORTS this answer. So the sentence beginning with &quot;Perhaps the more earthenware people had...&quot; is <span style="color:#e74c3c;">wrong</span>.</p> <p>Genius trap.&nbsp;<img alt="devil" height="23" src="https://gregmatapi.s3.amazonaws.com/static/ckeditor/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/devil_smile.png" title="devil" width="23" /></p>