Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT104 S4 Q17 Explanation

The Green Ensemble, a nonprofit

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TopicsMust be True

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Stimulus

The Green Ensemble, a nonprofit theater group, has always been financially dependent on contributions from corporations and would have been forced to disband this year if any of its corporate sponsors had withdrawn their financial support. But the Green Ensemble has not only been but has recently announced its schedule for next year.

What this question is testing

Must be True

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
17.

Which one of the following is a conclusion that can be properly drawn from

Answer choices

  1. Correct84% picked this

    None of the Green Ensemble’s corporate sponsors withdrew their financial support of the

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

  2. Trap4% picked this

    Earlier this year the Green Ensemble found other sources of funding for next year, making the group less dependent

  3. Trap6% picked this

    During this year corporate funding for the Green Ensemble has been

  4. Trap1% picked this

    This year corporate funding was the source of more than half of the

  5. Trap5% picked this

    Corporate funding for nonprofit theater groups like the Green Ensemble has

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