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Here’s your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by articles on the Internet.

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And other infallible sources of information.

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Check out the following passage and answer the question below.

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Suppose the writer intended to write a brief essay about the potential risks of relying

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on information from the Internet. Does this essay fulfill the writer's goal?

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This question requires us to have a solid understanding of the article’s general purpose

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and content. Good thing we’ve been paying close attention.

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(A) is incorrect because there's no indication that the guide provided inaccurate information for all cats.

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For example, if the article suggested cleaning cats by dipping them in paint, that would be inaccurate.

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And a little twisted.

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Choice (C) is incorrect because the writer followed all the directions to a tee.

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If the writer had decided to ignore the guide’s suggestion to make the cat feel comfortable,

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then the kitty-bathing mishap would’ve been on the writer. Of course, this is not what happened.

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And, anyway, we can’t imagine why somebody would think it’s a good idea

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to rile up a cat before plunging it into water.

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(D) is wrong because the writer's prior knowledge has nothing to do with the necessity of bathing the cat.

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Speaking of prior knowledge, why was it such a surprise that the cat flipped

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out when the writer already knew it hated baths?

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(B) is the correct answer because it best summarizes how information from the Internet

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was applied in this particular case. The information wasn’t necessarily bad; it simply didn’t

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prepare the author for the cat’s massive breakdown as soon as the water turned on.

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Though, again, we can't imagine why that was such a shocker.

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