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If you'd like to read the passage again... ...you really gotta get a life. So just scoot down here.

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The main purpose of the passage is to...what?

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And here are the potential answers...

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Okay, so we're looking for the answer choice

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that gives us the best general idea of what this passage is about...

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...which means that even though (B) references something that the article does touch upon...

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it isn't correct.

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The passage is concerned with a bit more than Muir's<<Mew-er>> prior articles.

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(C) is wrong for the same reason.

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Muir's disagreement with Hutchings is only mentioned once in the passage, making it a

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minor detail in the grand scheme of things.

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The passage never directly says that Muir's youth had little to do with the passion for

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nature he developed later in life.

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We can toss (A) off the cliff pretty easily.

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The article does mention some of Muir's frustrations in his career, like his battle

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to protect the High Sierra from ecosystem-munching livestock.

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Choice (D) can go over the cliff as well, though. The passage doesn't go into any

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real failures that Muir experienced.

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(E) is the correct answer because the article wants to explore Muir's relationship with

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Yosemite in general. All the other choices are far too specific.

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Sometimes it's a bad idea to focus on the little things...

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