Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT104 S4 Q13 Explanation

Historian: The ancient Greeks failed

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TopicsParallel Flaw

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Stimulus

Historian: The ancient Greeks failed to recognize that, morally, democracy is no improvement over monarchy. It is wrong for an individual to have the power to choose the course of action for a government, so it is no less which is just a collection of individuals.

What this question is testing

Parallel Flaw

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.

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The question
13.

The pattern of flawed reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one

Answer choices

  1. Trap5% picked this

    There is no point in trying to find someone else to solve that problem. If Robin cannot solve it, then none of Robin’s friends

  2. Trap2% picked this

    We should not pick Hank for the relay team. He has not won a race all season, so there is no reason to expect

  3. Trap19% picked this

    Laws that contain exemptions for some individuals based on no relevant consideration are fundamentally immoral. If it is wrong for a given person to

  4. Correct64% picked this

    There is no point in asking the club to purchase tents and make them available for use by club members. No member of the

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

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

  5. Trap10% picked this

    Agreeing with all of the other members of society does not guarantee that one is correct about an issue. With many topics it is

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