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If you're dying to read the passage again... we know you are... hit pause and rock it out.

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Based on the information given in the passage, which of the following best describes how

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John Muir's views toward livestock being raised in Yosemite changed over the course of his

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lifetime?

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And here are the potential answers...

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Sometimes it's a good idea to give the entire passage a good once-over before committing

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to a final answer.

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For this question, it's especially true. The last few paragraphs might leave us with

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the image of John Muir, Anti-"Hoofed Locusts" Crusader.

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A quick at glance at lines 25 through 28 should remind us that Muir used to shepherd

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a giant flock of sheep all over the mountains.

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Put these two observations together and it becomes clear that Muir had a big change of

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heart over the years where livestock was concerned.

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Choice (A) has it all backwards. Muir was a shepherd early in life, when he needed the

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dough...

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...then started campaigning against livestock in Yosemite as he got older.

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How about D? Like (A), this one has it backwards.

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Muir worked as a shepherd when he first came to Yosemite, meaning that he probably didn't

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have too much of a problem with the livestock industry.

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Choice (E) doesn't work either. The whole point here is that Muir changed his opinion

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over time.

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If he were always opposed to the raising of livestock in Yosemite this would not be the

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case. Choice (E) is a baaaaaaahd way to go.

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Both (B) and (C) describe this change of heart.

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We know (C) is the right answer though, because Muir didn't seem like he opposed raising livestock

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as a profession; he just didn't want the sheep in Yosemite.

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He probably thought they were a baaaaaaahd influence.

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Maybe he was right.

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