Principles Worth Examining

3 questions. Choose the meaning or usage that best fits each situation. Try answering before reopening the passage.

1What makes the council's position an ideology in this passage?A. It is one isolated preference about the color of a worktable.B. It is a connected system of ideas and beliefs shaping several areas of collective life.C. It is a temporary misunderstanding caused by an unclear date.D. It is a list of equipment with no view about how it should be used.

2A preference for keeping established routines and approaching major change cautiously reflects _____.A. conservatismB. impulsivenessC. wholesale rejectionD. novelty-seeking

3What illustrates unorthodoxy in the revised demonstration?A. The council repeats the established format without changing any participant's role.B. A tutor follows the usual method at the usual time with the usual materials.C. The demonstration keeps every accepted convention and adds no different approach.D. Beginners choose the questions and help design a session usually led entirely by experts.

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