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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by Archaeology. It ain't all whips and fedoras.

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The study described in Passage 2 differs from the museum described in Passage 1 in that it...what?

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Since we took notes on both passages... right?...we can boil them down to two main topics.

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Passage 1: museum about present-day Native American culture.

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Passage 2: historical landmarks and new discoveries about Native Americans during the Ice Age.

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It is not true that the museum is open only by appointment. That... would be weird.

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Choice (E) is a no. Neither author talks about Native American art.

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Also, the museum is focused on more than just historical events. (C) is officially nixed.

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The first author doesn't mention anything in his passage about the pre-Ice Age. As far

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as we know, the museum has zero interest in this.

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Choice (D) is out.

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What about B? Well, both of these statements about each passage are true, but the point

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of the first passage really has nothing to do with its East Coast location.

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We can eliminate this one. And here we are. Both passages do indeed focus

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on different historical periods. So it's choice (A).

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Don't worry. You'll be a hit at the Natural History Museum...

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