Logical Reasoning

PT10 · S4 · Q23 Throughout European history famines

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Throughout European history famines have generally been followed by periods of rising wages, because when a labor force is diminished, workers are more valuable in accordance with the law of supply and demand.

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.

23.

Which one of the following, if true, would LEAST contribute to an explanation of the exception to the generalization?

  1. Improved medical care reduced the

    Trap

    15% picked this

  2. Eviction policies of the landowners

    Trap

    17% picked this

  3. Advances in technology increased the

    Trap

    3% picked this

  4. Correct

    The birth rate increased during

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

    60% picked this

  5. England, which had political control

    Trap

    5% picked this

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