MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Question 6: Answer and Explanation
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Question: 6
6. The author's primary concern in the passage is to:
- A. advocate for the superiority of dystopian over utopian fiction.
- B. discuss the characteristics of utopian and dystopian literature.
- C. challenge the notion that human life is a problem to be solved.
- D. argue that the most politically relevant emotions are hope and fear.
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Though the author begins with a discussion of hope and fear in P1, the primary focus of every other paragraph is on the qualities of utopian and dystopian fiction, as in choice (B).
(A) Out of Scope. The author primarily emphasizes the similarities between the two genres, and never really suggests that one is better than the other.
(C) Faulty Use of Detail. This is only raised in the final paragraph, so it does not address the passage as a whole.
(D) Faulty Use of Detail. The argument concerning hope and fear is almost entirely limited to P1. It serves as an introduction to utopia (which represents hope) and dystopia (which represents fear), but is not the primary concern of the entire passage.