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In Great Britain, regardless of their scores on achievement examinations, the children of well-to-do families ________
 
  a. generally do not go to college.
  b. must go to state universities like everyone else.
  c. typically go to high-prestige private universities, including Oxford or Cambridge.
  d. go to trade schools, but only if they are males.

Question 2

The fact that, historically, schooling has been mostly for elites is evident in the fact that the word school has the same root as the Greek word for ________
 
  a. learning.
  b. wisdom.
  c. leisure.
  d. elder.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: c

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Answer: c





 

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