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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by the National Register of Historic Places.

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Containing more "old" than all of the Rolling Stones combined.

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The authors of both passages would agree that... what?

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Our two passages both talk about aspects of Native American history and culture, but this

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question wants us to zoom in closely...yeah like that...on the conversation.

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Since we're looking for a topic that appears in both passages, we can eliminate the answer

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choices that appear in one—or none—of the passages.

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Neither passage explores the subject of Native American art.

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Choice (A) is a definite no. Only Passage 1 discusses the opening of the

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new museum, so while it may be crucial, we can eliminate choice (C).

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Both passages point out the possibility of improving knowledge, so neither author seems

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satisfied with how much the average American knows about American Indians.

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Therefore we can eliminate choice (D).

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Even though neither author is satisfied with the current amount of knowledge that many

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Americans have about our country's original inhabitants, they both seem hopeful that this

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can change.

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Which makes (E) a no-go.

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Since Passage 1 and Passage 2 both talk about how people are more aware of Native Americans

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and their heritage in the West than in the East, (B) is the correct answer.

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We're resisting the urge to make some kind of comment on "eastside" vs. "westside."

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Oh well, it happened anyway. Jets. Sharks. You remember.

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