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Here's an unshmoopy question you'll find on the exam...

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Tired of this passage yet? One more read-through should do it...

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The third paragraph, which details the sales of Nirvana's records, accomplishes which of

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the following?

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And here are the potential answers...

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The passage compares the Godzilla-sized sale of Nevermind, Nirvana's first major-label release...

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To the much smaller sales of their first album, Bleach, which was released on an indie label.

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The paragraph calls the sales of Bleach "respectable," so (B) isn't the right answer.

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It's clear that the passage claims that releasing on a major label was responsible

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for the jump in sales, so (C) isn't right either.

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(D) jumps the gun a little bit.

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The next paragraph does mention that Nirvana changed their sound for the major label release,

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but the paragraph we're focused on doesn't say anything about that.

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The passage only points out that Nirvana knocked Michael from number one to number two, so

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we can bump (E) off the list.

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It took more than a few grunge rockers to totally defeat the King of Pop.

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The passage zeroes in on the huge jump in sales Nirvana experienced after they made

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friends with the big monster...

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So (A) is the correct answer.

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We can't help but feel a little bad for the tiny monster left behind.

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