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Set 1: Inferences (Intermediate)

Explanation

Answer: B

PASSAGE

Anthropologists studying gift-giving across cultures have found that in many societies, giving creates social obligations that the recipient must eventually repay. Unlike market transactions, which are immediate and finite, gift economies establish ongoing relationships of mutual indebtedness.

Based on the passage, what distinguishes gift economies from market economies?

A. Gift economies never involve tangible items.
B. Gift-giving creates continuing social bonds whereas market exchanges are complete upon transaction.✓ Correct
C. Market transactions always involve debt.
D. Gift economies are less complex than market economies.

Detailed Explanation

Market = 'immediate and finite'; gifts = 'ongoing relationships of mutual indebtedness'—different temporal structures.

Key Evidence:

• "immediate and finite"

• "ongoing relationships of mutual indebtedness"

Why others are wrong: A (Gifts are tangible or intangible; not specified.), C (Market transactions are 'immediate,' not debt-based.), D (Complexity isn't compared.).

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