Question

In the passage, the views expressed by which of the following most clearly support Margolis’ argument about the “boy wonder myth” (paragraph 3, sentence 2)?

A. Drew Houston, founder of Dropbox (paragraph 1, sentence 8)

B. will.i.am of the rock band the Black Eyed Peas (paragraph 1, sentence 12)

C. Lesley Chilcott, director of the video “What Most Schools Don’t Teach” (paragraph 1, sentence 16)

D. Gabe Newell, founder of Valve (paragraph 2, sentence 5)

E. Vanessa Hurst, founder of Girl Develop It (paragraph 4, sentence 3)

Answer 1

D is your answer

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Answer 2

D. Gabe Newell, founder of Valve (paragraph 2, sentence 5)

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Answer D

Correct. According to Margolis, the video perpetuates the “boy wonder myth” by portraying coding as more like a superpower than a learned skill. Because Gabe Newell describes programmers as “wizards” and explicitly compares programming to a “superpower,” his quotation in the second paragraph provides direct evidence for Margolis’ argument about perpetuating the “boy wonder myth.”