（A） Basing all inferences made about the culture on an ethnological theory

　　（B） Eliminating all of the emotion-laden information reported by the informant

　　（C） Translating the informant's words into the researcher's language

　　（D） Reducing the number of questions and carefully specifying the content of the questions that the investigator can ask the informant

　　（E） Reporting all of the information that the informant provides regardless of the investigator's personal opinion about its intrinsic value

　　5. The primary purpose of the passage as a whole is to

　　（A） question an explanation

　　（B） correct a misconception

　　（C） critique a methodology

　　（D） discredit an idea

　　（E） Clarify an ambiguity

　　6. It can be inferred from the passage that a characteristic of the ethnological research on Native Americans conducted during the nineteenth century was the use of which of the following？

　　（A） Investigators familiar with the culture under study

　　（B） A language other than the informant's for recording life stories

　　（C） Life stories as the ethnologist's primary source of information

　　（D） Complete transcriptions of informants' descriptions of tribal beliefs

　　（E） Stringent guidelines for the preservation of cultural data

　　7. The passage mentions which of the following as a factor that can affect the accuracy of ethnologists' transcriptions of life stories？

　　（A） The informant's social standing within the culture

　　（B） The inclusiveness of the theory that provided the basis for the research

　　（C） The length of time the researchers spent in the culture under study

　　（D） The number of life stories collected by the researchers

　　（E） The verifiability of the information provided by the research informants

　　8. It can be inferred from the passage that the author would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about the usefulness of life stories as a source of ethnographic information？

　　（A） They can be a source of information about how people in a culture view the world.

　　（B） They are most useful as a source of linguistic information.

　　（C） They require editing and interpretation before they can be useful.

　　（D） They are most useful as a source of information about ancestry.

　　（E） They provide incidental information rather than significant insights into a way of life.