Logical Reasoning

PT105 · S4 · Q2 The blues is a modern musical

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The blues is a modern musical form whose lyrics usually address such topics as frustration, anger, oppression, and restlessness.

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.

2.

Each of the following, if true, helps to resolve the apparent conflict in the passage EXCEPT:

  1. The sharing of blues music

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. Correct

    Blues musicians who do not

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

    90% picked this

  3. The irony and wit found

    Trap

    1% picked this

  4. The realization that other people

    Trap

    2% picked this

  5. The conversion of personal sorrow

    Trap

    6% picked this

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