C. TO MAINTAIN THE “LIFE” OF THE CONSTITUTION, THETHEY LOOK, IMPLY...

16. c. To maintain the “life” of the Constitution, thethey look, implying that they are poorlycourt applies its broad provisions to complexdressed, ruling out choice c. Because they arenew situations(lines 7–8) that arise in currentafraid the boys from the rich school will seelaw. The passage clearly contradicts choice aby stating that the court shapes the develop-what they are wearing, they are not likely to bement of law(line 6). The passage suggests thatriding in a taxi cab (choice b), which wouldobscure most of their attire from view (andit is difficult to amend the Constitution bywhich he couldn’t afford anyway). The boysstating that the court’s ruling can only be over-from the Christian Brothers’ school are thecome by a constitutional amendment or by aones who will become civil servants (choice e).new ruling of the court(lines 5–6), but this dif-ficulty is not something implied by the imageBicycles (choice d) are mentioned in line 8,but the author might ride one later as a mes-of the Constitution as a living document. TheConstitution is spoken of throughout the pas-senger; he does not ride one now on his way tosage as a set of laws and ideas, not a physicalschool.