The primary purpose of the passage is to

It can be inferred from the passage that critics of the Japanese system believe that the rates of productivity within that system are

With which of the following statements about the relationship between a production system and its workers' bargaining power would the author of the passage be most likely to agree?

The primary purpose of the passage is to

The passage suggests that which of the following is a prediction concerning meteor streams that can be derived from both the conventional theories mentioned in the highlighted text and the new computer derived theory?

According to the passage, why do the dust particles in a meteor stream eventually surround a comet's original orbit?

It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following would most probably be observed during the Earth's passage through a meteor stream if the conventional theories mentioned in the highlighted text were correct?

The author states that the research described in the first paragraph was undertaken in order to

According to the passage, Bridenbaugh attributes the wealth and power of some eighteenth-century North American artisanal families to which of the following?

It can be inferred from the passage that the scholars referred to in the highlighted text would agree with Wolf about which of the following statements pertaining to craft dynasties?