[Reading Comprehension]

According to the passage, one source of dissatisfaction for Parisian seamstresses after the establishment of the seamstresses' guild was that

[Reading Comprehension]

The author of the passage asserts that "the real GDP is almost always higher than ever before" (see highlighted text) most probably in order to

[Critical Reasoning]

The first African slaves were brought to the Americas in the early 1600s, where their labor was used primarily for agricultural and household purposes. The institution of slavery in the New World presupposes not only the existence of slaves and owners, but also a system of laws in place which recognized and protected the practice of slavery. However, laws were not enacted, for example, declaring slaves the personal property of their owners and imposing punishments upon those who aided slaves in escape, until many years later.

If the sentences in the passage above are true, then they support which one of the following statements? 

[Sentence Correction]

During the early years of European settlement on a continent that was viewed as "wilderness" by the newcomers, Native Americans, intimately knowing the ecology of the land, were a help in the rescuing of many Pilgrims and pioneers from hardship, or even death.

[Critical Reasoning]

Which of the following, if true, could best be used by the environmentalist to counter the business spokesperson's argument?

[Critical Reasoning]

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

[Critical Reasoning]

Knowing the answer to which of the following would be most useful in evaluating the lawmaker's argument?

[Critical Reasoning]

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

[Critical Reasoning]

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

[Reading Comprehension]

All of the following are expressly mentioned in the passage as factors that did not significantly affect players' behavior EXCEPT the