This was the section that I disagree with the most strongly. Some of them just seem flat-out untrue, and some seem like logical errors on AAMC's part.
81. Just Untrue
Relevant text:
There are three reasons why it is important to think about legalization scenarios... Third, there is good reason to believe that repealing many of the drug laws should not lead, as many people fear, to a dramatic rise in drug abuse...
Question:
Which of the following findings best supports the author's belief that drug legalization would not result in a dramatic increase in drug abuse?
A) Most Americans are currently hostile to the idea of drug legalization.
B) Most Americans are unlikely to engage in an obviously dangerous activity.
C) Most Americans do not take the legal status of a substance into account when deciding whether or not to ingest it.
D) The consumption of alcohol rose after the repeal of prohibition.
Credited answer: D.
Thats... uh. Not right, is it?
Question 106.
This is essentially a discreet VR question. While the passage pertains to metaphors, its not important for answering the question:
106: The expression "This is driving me around the bend" would best support a metaphor that compares madness to:
A) a location.
B) a vehicle.
C) a road.
D) a force.
My answer: D, a force. Reasoning: If something is "driving" you, its forcing you to move. If its forcing you to move, its applying a force to you. Easy!
Credited Answer: A, a Location.The pronoun this refers to a source of stress that has the power to drive one to madness, which is conceptualized as a location that is "around the bend."
My response: Bull****. Let's place substitute words.
"A location is driving me to madness."
OR
"Madness is driving me to a location."
Neither of these make sense. One makes zero sense, the other one is just restating the metaphor.
"A force is driving me to madness."
OR
"Madness is driving me to a force."
One of these makes sense.
For me, i instantly tried to figure out what would describe driving me to madness.
For them, they instantly tried to figure out where madness was driving me.
How to interpret questions like this more appropriately in the future? I see nothing to indicate one way of interpreting this question is more valid than another. In fact, substituting the options for THIS makes you more likely to chose "a force."
And actually, the question is asking what you're comparing madness to. Madness is DRIVING you to something, so that something (from the answer choices) MUST be a force!
Continued in next post...
81. Just Untrue
Relevant text:
There are three reasons why it is important to think about legalization scenarios... Third, there is good reason to believe that repealing many of the drug laws should not lead, as many people fear, to a dramatic rise in drug abuse...
Question:
Which of the following findings best supports the author's belief that drug legalization would not result in a dramatic increase in drug abuse?
A) Most Americans are currently hostile to the idea of drug legalization.
B) Most Americans are unlikely to engage in an obviously dangerous activity.
C) Most Americans do not take the legal status of a substance into account when deciding whether or not to ingest it.
D) The consumption of alcohol rose after the repeal of prohibition.
Credited answer: D.
Thats... uh. Not right, is it?
Question 106.
This is essentially a discreet VR question. While the passage pertains to metaphors, its not important for answering the question:
106: The expression "This is driving me around the bend" would best support a metaphor that compares madness to:
A) a location.
B) a vehicle.
C) a road.
D) a force.
My answer: D, a force. Reasoning: If something is "driving" you, its forcing you to move. If its forcing you to move, its applying a force to you. Easy!
Credited Answer: A, a Location.The pronoun this refers to a source of stress that has the power to drive one to madness, which is conceptualized as a location that is "around the bend."
My response: Bull****. Let's place substitute words.
"A location is driving me to madness."
OR
"Madness is driving me to a location."
Neither of these make sense. One makes zero sense, the other one is just restating the metaphor.
"A force is driving me to madness."
OR
"Madness is driving me to a force."
One of these makes sense.
For me, i instantly tried to figure out what would describe driving me to madness.
For them, they instantly tried to figure out where madness was driving me.
How to interpret questions like this more appropriately in the future? I see nothing to indicate one way of interpreting this question is more valid than another. In fact, substituting the options for THIS makes you more likely to chose "a force."
And actually, the question is asking what you're comparing madness to. Madness is DRIVING you to something, so that something (from the answer choices) MUST be a force!
Continued in next post...
