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Set 5: Text Structure (Advanced)

Explanation

Answer: A

PASSAGE

Hyperinflation renders currency worthless. Citizens resort to barter or foreign currencies. The breakdown of the monetary unit forces a regression to more primitive forms of exchange.

Which choice best describes the economic regression?

A. A failure of abstract value storage forces a return to tangible exchange.✓ Correct
B. People start printing their own money.
C. The government bans money.
D. Everyone becomes rich.

Detailed Explanation

Event: Currency worthless (Failure of abstract value). resort: Barter (Tangible/Primitive exchange).

Key Evidence:

• "renders currency worthless"

• "resort to barter"

• "regression"

Why others are wrong: B (Not mentioned.), C (Worthless, not banned.), D (Opposite.).

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