Social Science
Questions 1-11 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.
This passage is adapted from Jamshid J.Tehrani, “The Phylogeny of Little Red Riding Hood.”?2013 by Jamshid J.Tehrani.
1 The primary purpose of the passage is to
A) discuss the reasons that folk tales are similar across cultures and societies.
B) highlight the merits of a traditional approach to studying the history of folk tales.
C) show how a new approach to tracing relationships among folktales helps address a particular example.
D) Emphasize the similarities among folk tales throughout history and all over the world.
2 The author’s reference to Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s Children’s and Household Tales in paragraph 1 primarily serves to
A) provide a well-known reference point to introduce the topic of the study of folktales.
B) offer evidence that folktales should be taken seriously as a subject of academic study.
C) introduce the argument that most folktales from across cultures and societies really are very similar.
D) advise readers that they should familiarize themselves with the work before they can understand the study.
3 The passage suggests that folktales and biological species are similar in that
A) there are more than two thousand of each,distributed across much of the planet.
B) they can be measured on the same scale.
C) different groups can be traced back to a common ancestor.
D) most cultural phenomena are based on underlying biological processes.
4 Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
A) line 16-19(“The...cultures”)
B) Line 20-23(“This...analysis”)
C) Line 23-26(“Phylogenetics...phenomena”)
D) Line 26-29(“In...traits”)
5 As used in line 26, “phenomena” most nearly means
A) anomalies
B) productions
C) paradoxes
D) miracles
6 The author implies that“The Tiger Grandmother”should be classified with which tale or tales mentioned in the last paragraph?
A) “Little Red Riding Hood”
B) “The Story of Grandmother”
C) “The Wolf and the Kids”
D) The East Asian tales.
7 Which choice provides the best evidence of the answer to the previous question?
A) line 34-36(“Highly...literatures”)
B) line 36-39(“These...grandmother”)
C) line 41-43(“Some...Kids”)
D) line 46-48(“Although...type”)
8 In line 41, “belong to” most nearly means
A) be suitable for
B) be the property of
C) be grouped with
D) be an attribute of.
9 The chart best supports the author’s discussion of the study by showing
A) the extreme differences between the East Asian tales and the tales classified as ATU123 and ATU333.
B) That the East Asian tales share traits with the tales in ATU123 and ATU333 but diverge from both.
C) The five different traits that are present in tales from around the world.
D) That the Hand test and Excuse to escape are featured most prominently in the East Asian tales.
10 According to the chart,which trait is NOT present both in the East Asian tales and in those of ATU333?
A) Hand test
B) Dialogue with the villain
C) Rescue by passer-by
D) Excuse to escape
11 Based on information in the passage and the chart, which two traits are both present in the tale “The Wolf and the Kids”?
A) Voice operation and dialogue with the villain
B) Hand test and rescue by passer-by
C) Dialogue with the villain and excuse to escape
D) Voice operation and hand test