Logical Reasoning

PT1 · S4 · Q9 Some people are Montagues

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Some people are Montagues and some people are Capulets.

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

9.

Assume that all of the statements in the passage are true. If it is also true that no Montague is intemperate, then which one of the following must be true?

  1. The only people who can

    Trap

    8% picked this

  2. Anyone who is not a

    Trap

    3% picked this

  3. All intemperate people can be

    Trap

    11% picked this

  4. All intemperate people are Capulets.

    Trap

    5% picked this

  5. Correct

    All Capulets are intemperate.

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

    Skill tested: Must be True · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    73% picked this

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