Jones is selling a house to Smith.

Answer choices

1. A

   Unsupported2% picked this

   Jones did not know of any defects in the roof or roof-supporting components of the house at the

   The passage tells us nothing about what Jones knew when the contract was written. Jones could have known about defects, suspected them, or had no idea — the passage gives no information either way. Must Be True answers can't fill in unstated facts about people's knowledge.

   2%
2. B

   Unsupported2% picked this

   although other components of the house may contain defects, the roof and roof-supporting components of the house are

   The passage doesn't tell us the current state of the roof or roof-supporting components. They might be defect-free, or they might have hidden defects that haven't been discovered yet. The contract just specifies who pays for repairs if defects show up — it doesn't say whether any currently exist.

   2%
3. C

   Correct78% picked this

   the contract does not oblige Jones to repair any defects in the house’s nonexterior walls after ownership of

   Why this is right

   This follows from the chain. Jones is on the hook only for roof and roof-supporting-component defects, and explicitly nothing else. In this truss-roof house, the only walls that support the roof are the exterior walls. So the nonexterior (interior) walls aren't roof-supporting and don't fall under Jones's repair obligation. The contract therefore does not oblige Jones to repair defects in the interior walls.

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

   78%
4. D

   Unsupported17% picked this

   Smith will be obligated to repair all structural defects in the house within a year after ownership is transferred, except those

   The passage describes Jones's obligations under the contract; it says nothing about what Smith is or isn't obligated to do. Smith may or may not have responsibilities for non-Jones-covered repairs depending on contract terms not given in the passage. We can't infer Smith's repair obligations from what we're told.

   17%
5. E

   Unsupported1% picked this

   in the past Jones has had to make repairs to some of the

   The passage gives no history of past repairs or defects in the exterior walls. We have no information about what has happened to this house before. This is a fact about the past that the passage simply doesn't supply.

   1%