1.Which of the following best states the main point of the text?
[A] The approach of psychohistorians to historical study is currently in vogue even though it lacks the rigor and verifiability of traditional historical method.
[B] Traditional historians can benefit from studying the techniques and findings of psychohistorians.
[C] Areas of sociological study such as childhood and work are of little interest to traditional historians.
[D] The psychological assessment of an individual's behavior and attitudes is more informative than the details of his or her daily life.
2.The author mentions which of the following as a characteristic of the practice of psychohistorians?
[A] The lives of historical figures are presented in episodic rather than narrative form.
[B] Archives used by psychohistorians to gather material are not accessible to other scholars.
[C] Past and current events are all placed within the same deterministic diagram.
[D] Events in the adult life of a historical figure are seen to be more consequential than are those in the childhood of the figure.
3.The author of the text suggests that psychohistorians view history primarily as
[A] a report of events, causes, and effects that is generally accepted by historians but which is, for the most part, unverifiable.
[B] an episodic account that lacks cohesion because records of the role of childhood, work, and leisure in the lives of historical figures are rare.
[C] an uncharted sea of seemingly unexplainable events that have meaning only when examined as discrete units.
[D] a record the way in which a closed set of immutable psychological laws seems to have shaped events.
4.The author of the text puts the word "deepest" (line 14, paragraph 3) in quotation marks most probably in order to
[A] signal her reservations about the accuracy of psychohistorians' claims for their work.
[B] draw attention to a contradiction in the psychohistorians' method.
[C] emphasize the major difference between the traditional historians' method and that of psychohistorians.
[D] disassociate her opinion of the psychohistorians' claims from her opinion of their method.
5.In presenting her analysis, the author does all of the following EXCEPT.
[A] Make general statements without reference to specific examples.
[B] Describe some of the criteria employed by traditional historians.
[C] Question the adequacy of the psychohistorians' interpretation of events.
[D] Point out inconsistencies in the psychohistorians' application of their methods.
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