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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 4.4 Detail. Which of the details is not included in the passage?
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- 00:01
We speak student!
- 00:04
[ musical flourish ]
- 00:07
And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by peat bogs.
- 00:11
Hey, would the plural of "peat bog" be, uh, repeat bog? [a field with many sign boards - Repeat bog]
- 00:15
All right, let's check out the following passage.
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- 00:17
[ mumbles ]
- 00:23
All right, which of the details is not included in the passage?
- 00:25
And here are our potential answers.
- 00:27
[ mumbles ]
- 00:30
All right, well, answers A and C can be eliminated in a double whammy, [a man, in a forest with a gun, looking for something]
- 00:34
as we recognize both pieces of information
- 00:37
from the second sentence of the passage.
- 00:39
Though it does make us wonder - what if peat bog zombies
- 00:42
are so well-preserved that they could easily
- 00:44
blend in with everyone else until it's too late? [a zombie trying to scare people]
- 00:49
Answer D bites the peat next. Heh.
- 00:51
And gives us another good reason to avoid peat bogs.
- 00:54
Make that dozens of reasons.
- 00:56
Now that we're no longer bogged down by incorrect answers,
- 00:59
we can determine that B is correct. [man in a snow clad mountain]
- 01:01
While the passage states that the Lindow Man and Woman
- 01:04
were likely killed in a ritualistic way,
- 01:07
it does not specify that it was a Druidic ritual.
- 01:10
But, uh, we'd probably advise the Druids to not leave town. [a man and a woman tied up and being burnt]
- 01:14
[ chewing ]
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