{"id":"opensat:eece3b8d643750cd988d0a56ce19f47c","source_id":"opensat","source_item_id":"eece3b8d643750cd988d0a56ce19f47c","external_id":"94440b84","ibn":null,"question_id":"94440b84","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"INI","domain":"Information and Ideas","skill_code":null,"skill":null,"difficulty":"H","score_band":null,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"Which choice best describes the central idea of the passage?","stimulus":"The passage below is from a 1980 book about the history of the early American republic. The author is explaining why, in her view, the concept of the \"self-made man\" is an important idea to consider when studying the development of the United States. \"There is a tendency to regard the self-made man as a kind of American hero. But the self-made man, though he is the product of his own efforts, is also the product of the conditions that made his success possible. The self-made man is not a creation ex nihilo. He is, rather, a product of his time and place.\"","stimulus_html":"<p>The passage below is from a 1980 book about the history of the early American republic. The author is explaining why, in her view, the concept of the &quot;self-made man&quot; is an important idea to consider when studying the development of the United States. &quot;There is a tendency to regard the self-made man as a kind of American hero. But the self-made man, though he is the product of his own efforts, is also the product of the conditions that made his success possible. The self-made man is not a creation ex nihilo. He is, rather, a product of his time and place.&quot;</p>","stem_html":"<p>Which choice best describes the central idea of the passage?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>The author argues that the self-made man is not a creation ex nihilo, which means that he was not created from nothing. Instead, the self-made man is a product of his time and place. The author is arguing that the self-made man is not simply a product of his own efforts, but he is also shaped by the conditions of his time and place.</p>","correct_answer":["B"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":null,"source_updated_at":null,"options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>The self-made man is an American hero, and his success is due to his own efforts.</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>The self-made man is not a creation ex nihilo, but rather a product of his time and place.</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>The self-made man is not a product of his own efforts, but rather a product of the conditions that made his success possible.</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>The self-made man is a creation ex nihilo, and he is not a product of his time and place.</p>","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"opensat","source_name":"OpenSAT community question bank","rights_holder":"OpenSAT contributors","canonical_url":"https://github.com/Anas099X/OpenSAT","retrieved_from":"https://pinesat.duckdns.org/api/questions","attribution":"Reading and Writing practice questions from the OpenSAT community question bank, whose licence permits free use of the database.","disclaimer":"OpenSAT items are community-written or AI-generated practice material, not official College Board questions; quality varies.","license":"OpenSAT LICENSE.md: the database may be used freely, including commercially, without restriction. Code is separately restricted.","redistributable":true,"item_count":1406}}