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ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension 1.2 Detail. According to the passage, the University of Virginia is unique because...what?


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Thank you We sneak and here's your shmoop du jour

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brought to you by thomas jefferson along with rotating clothes

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racks the dumbwaiter and the state of louisiana let's read

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the following passage thomas jefferson founded the university of junior

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in eighteen nineteen universe Virginia was first university to offer

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full elective courses to its students meaning that they could

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study whatever interested him Jefferson was also responsible for the

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architectural design of the university which consisted of several separate

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buildings arranged around a grassy lawn Didn't shakespeare write that

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paragraph That was an awesome paragraph and our lovely question

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according to the passage of the university virginia is unique

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because our potential answers all right so be present All

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right we're not experts on thomas jefferson's life story kind

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of always sort are but it's on our dvr somewhere

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we recall him being kind of an over achiever as

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faras presidents go so we can eliminate answers see andy

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because the pastor does not mention jefferson being a president

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not that we aren't proud of him but it just

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isn't relevant to our question Answer be triggers are spider

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sense a little because we know that the v a

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it was the first of something But after re reading

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the passage we know that the correct answer is a

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university of virginia was the first university to offer full

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elective courses like you can elect to take whatever course

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you want which is pretty cool So next time we

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get to take a glass just for fun We'll remember

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to thank spider man Just kidding Come We're sure you 00:01:33.27 --> [endTime] help

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