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Consider each of the choices, and select one that applies. Which one of the following does the author imply may have contributed to the difficulties involved in creating a new democratic order in Eastern Europe?

(A)The people who existed under the totalitarian structure have not had the experience of “negotiating the empty space of freedom.”
(B)...
(C)...
(D)...
(E)...
(F)...
*This question is included in Nova Reading - The Six Questions:, question #5

The solution is

Posted: 08/05/2012 23:30
There is an error with this question. The correct answer per the key is AB, but per the explanation is ABC. Currently C, D, and E are "undefined," and there is no option F that shows up as an option when answering.
Posted: 08/06/2012 14:50
Jeremiah, thank you for alerting us of the error. The correct choices are shown here.

(A) The people who existed under the totalitarian structure have not had the experience of “negotiating the empty space of freedom.”
(B) Mistaking the order in which political, economic, and social restructuring would occur.
(C) Excessive self-interest among the new political activists.
(D) All of the above.
Posted: 08/06/2012 15:21
Thanks. If the answer is supposed to be ABC, shouldn't it be ABCD?
Posted: 08/06/2012 17:16
Jeremiah, the instruction should say "Consider each of the choices, and select one that applies." instead of "Consider each of the choices, and select all that apply."

Thanks for the alert, and we apologize for the error. This will be fixed with the next update.
Posted: 08/06/2012 17:17
The correct answer's explanation should have said:
"This is an extension question. Statement A is true. The author implies that the institutions of the new-born, free society were created in great pain because the people lacked experience. Statement B is true. Expectations that the market mechanisms would explode totalitarianism and usher in a new society were dashed, and having to readjust one’s expectations certainly makes a situation more difficult. Finally, statement C is true. It summarizes the thrust of the passage’s closing lines.

The answer is (D): all of the above."
Posted: 09/08/2013 09:23
Where is the sentence implies the statement of option C?
And does anyone know the meaning of the later half of the last sentence in the third paragraph?
"Where different forms of ownership and different economic actors will live one next to the other."

Thanks!
Posted: 09/13/2013 16:07
Ariel, "... whose institutions were created in great pain, and which had trouble negotiating the empty space of freedom."
Posted: 09/13/2013 16:16
"Where different forms of ownership and different economic actors will live one next to the other." In the context of the passage, the sentence is talking about different kinds of private ownership (individual proprietor, limited company, publicly listed company, etc.) in a democratic capitalism, instead of just government ownership in a communist system.

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