6 The greatest ambition of modern societies has been to institute a comprehensive reversal of equation, to strip
away both inherited privilege and inherited under-privilege in order to make rank dependent on individual
achievement.
(A)The most ambitious project modern societies have been working toward is to contain the influence of heredity
over one’s chances of success.
(B)The most ambitious project modern societies have been working toward is to make sure that one’s success
should be built upon his/her ability to make the most of inheritance.
(C)The most ambitious project modern societies have been working toward is to break with an immutable state of
being: one’s social status should lie in his/her hard work rather than inheritance.
(D)The most ambitious project modern societies have been working toward is to reduce the gap between the
privileged class and the underprivileged class.