If it were conclusively demonstrated through archeological evidence that the society of Old Europe had in fact been patriarchal and warlike, one would expect those who had supported the Great Goddess theory to contend that:
Explanation:
An application question. How would the proponents of the Great Goddess theory react to information that proved the theory wrong? Try to find something in the passage that they might still be able to use to the theory's credit. The last paragraph captures the main response they'd have: even if the theory is wrong, it was a good exercise that spurred debate and provided alternatives to traditional theories. Choice (B) summarizes this.
Wrong answers:
(A): Opposite. The proponents of the theory would argue that this is exactly the value of the theory.
(C): Opposite. The proponents of the theory do speculate this, even if the question stem proves them wrong.
(D): Distortion. Though the Great Goddess proponents might consider traditional archaeologists too traditional, there's no evidence they'd consider them dishonest.
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