PrepTest 120

Incorrect. This answer doesn't recommend the most accessible option—it notes that classical music is "more difficult" than pop music.

Incorrect. First, this answer is about overcoming a fear, not getting to deeply know/understand something. Second, it doesn't note that paddling out in shallow water is particularly accessible.

Correct. Argument or Facts:
Argument

Valid or Flawed:
Flawed

Question Type:
Illustration (Principle)

Stimulus Summary:
Goal - Deeply appreciate a continent
Approach - Visit Italy
Why? - Deeply appreciating a continent requires deeply knowing at least one country, and Italy is the most accessible

Answer Anticipation:
These Illustration (Principle) questions are quite involved since we need to understand the scenario in the stimulus, find the principle that is underlying it, and then bring that to the answers to find the one that matches up. As such, we should use every tool at our disposal to understand it. And for this question, our Goal/Approach structure is going to be clutch at helping us work through it.

This stimulus establishes a goal (getting to deeply appreciate a continent) that is achieved through a certain means (visiting Italy). Why? Because Italy is the "easie[st]" to get to know.

So abstracting from a discussion of continents and countries, we can get a principle along the lines of:
To deeply appreciate a wider category, you should focus on getting to deeply know the most accessible element in that category.

Answer Explanation:
This answer establishes a broader category (US writers) that one might desire to get to know, and recommends doing so by studying the most accessible element of that category (Edith Wharton). As such, it illustrates the same principle as the stimulus and is therefore correct.

Key Takeaway:
Illustration (Principle) questions can be quite involved, so be sure to frame your understanding of the stimulus around a common pattern whenever possible. Also, if you can generate a principle that's specific to the situation in the stimulus, you can then abstract it by "swapping out" any topic-specific language with more abstract wording.

Incorrect. This answer doesn't discuss an accessible "element" in a broader category, so it doesn't illustrate the same principle as the stimulus.

Incorrect. This option compares two methods of experiencing something, not a more "accessible" element within a broader category. It's not noted that traveling by train is more accessible than traveling by car, just that the former has one similar benefit and one additional benefit to the latter.