Practice Test: Reading Comprehension - 93 | 100 RCs for GMAT PDF Download

Both had works published in the midst of important historical events.

Both wrote works that enjoyed widespread popularity.

Both exhibited an understanding of the relevance of historical evidence to contemporary issues.

The works of both had a significant effect on events following their publication.

Both were able to set aside worries about historical anachronism in order to reach and inspire.

occurrence of events extremely similar to past events

history of the activities of studying, interpreting, and reading new historical writing

change in people’s understanding of the past due to more recent historical writing

overturning of established historical interpretations by politically motivated politicians

difficulty of predicting when a given historical interpretation will be overturned

respectful regard

qualified approbation

implied skepticism

pointed criticism

fervent advocacy

A history of an auto manufacturing plant written by an employee during an auto-buying boom

A critique of a statewide school-desegregation plan written by an elementary school teacher in that state

A newspaper article assessing the historical importance of a United States President written shortly after the President has taken office

A scientific paper describing the benefits of a certain surgical technique written by the surgeon who developed the technique

Diary entries narrating the events of a battle written by a soldier who participated in the battle

Southern racial segregation was continuous and uniform.

Black people made considerable progress only after Reconstruction.

Jim Crow legislation was conventional in nature.

Jim Crow laws did not go as far in codifying traditional practice as they might have.

Jim Crow laws did much more than merely reinforce a tradition of segregation.

Jim Crow laws were passed to give legal status to well-established discriminatory practices in the South

Jim Crow laws were passed to establish order and uniformity in the discriminatory practices of different southern states

Jim Crow laws were passed to erase the social gains that Black people had achieved since Reconstruction

the continuity of racial segregation in the South was disrupted by passage of Jim Crow laws

the Jim Crow laws of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were passed to reverse the effect of earlier Jim Crow laws