badpoem wrote:Max Weber claimed that the traditions that theodicean societies, civilizations in which people feel a need to reconcile the imperfections of the world with a "perfect" divinity, develop are more likely to result in religious adherence than are those that non-theodicean societies develop.
(A)are those that non-theodicean societies develop
(B)what non-theodicean societies develop
(C)non-theodicean societies' development would
(D)non-theodicean societies' traditions do
(E)traditions of non-theodicean societies
OA later. Please mention the reasoning behind your choice.
A comparison must compare APPLE TO APPLES.
The intended meaning of the SC above is to compare the TRADITIONS that one type of society develops to the TRADITIONS that another type of society develops.
Only
A makes the correct comparison:
...the TRADITIONS that theodicean societies develop ARE MORE LIKELY TO RESULT...than ARE THOSE that non-theodicean societies develop.
THOSE is standing in for TRADITIONS.
The correct answer is
A.
In B, the comparison is not clear. A reader might construe that
the traditions...are more likely to result IN religious adherence than IN what other non-theodicean societies develop. Eliminate B.
In E, the comparison is not clear. A reader might construe that
the traditions...are more likely to result IN religious adherence than IN traditions of non-theodicean societies. Eliminate E.
C incorrectly compares
TRADITIONS to
non-theodicean societies' DEVELOPMENT. Eliminate C.
In D, what
the traditions...ARE cannot be compared to what
non-theodicean societies' traditions DO. Eliminate D.
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GMATGuruNY on Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:32 am, edited 2 times in total.
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