Several critics have claimed that

Answer choices

1. A

   Bad Conclusion Match18% picked this

   No one who is a feminist is also

   This would prove that Molly and Marilyn, who are feminists, are not politically conservative. We actually already knew that; we were told that they're politically progressive (and progressive is a logical opposite of conservative). But this doesn't prove the conclusion. Someone who isn't politically conservative can still perform a politically conservative act. (I might be super liberal but perform the politically conservative act of joining the NRA). So since this answer doesn't speak to whether M&M ever perform politically conservative acts, this doesn't allow us prove the conclusion.

   18%
2. B

   Bad Evidence / Conclusion Match4% picked this

   No poet who writes unrhymed or unmetered poetry is

   This answer provides a rule that allows one to prove that a person is not politically conservative. So just like (A), it doesn't prove that a person hasn't committed a politically conservative act. Even worse than (A) is the fact that this rule wouldn't apply to our girls M&M. This rule says, "if you're a poet who writes unrhymed or unmetered poetry, then ....", but M&M write rhymed and metered poetry almost exclusively.

   4%
3. C

   Correct69% picked this

   No one who is politically progressive is capable of performing a

   Why this is right

   This is the only answer with the New Concept in the Conclusion: "performing a politically conservative act". Molly and Marilyn are politically progressive. Thus according to this answer, they are incapable of performing a politically conservative act. Since M&M are contemporary poets who write formal poetry, we can prove it's false to say that "all contemporary poets who write formal poetry are performing a politically conservative act". M&M must be counterexamples to that rule, because they're contemporary poets who write formal poetry, but they're incapable of performing a politically conservative act. So we've proven the conclusion.

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

   69%
4. D

   Unrelated to Goal2% picked this

   Anyone who sometimes writes poetry that is not politically conservative never writes poetry that

   This answer doesn't have the New Concept in the Conclusion: performing a politically conservative act. This answer is just talking about whether someone's poetry is politically conservative or not. It doesn't speak about whether they are performing a politically conservative act. This answer also provides a rule whose trigger doesn't apply to M&M. It says, "If you sometimes write poetry that is not politically conservative ..." Were we told that M&M sometimes write poetry that is not politically conservative? No. We weren't told anything about their poetry. We were only told that they themselves are progressive.

   2%
5. E

   Unrelated to Goal6% picked this

   The content of a poet’s work, not the work’s form, is the most decisive factor in determining what political consequences, if

   This answer doesn't have the New Concept in the Conclusion: "performing a politically conservative act". This answer is also squishy, making it not a good contender for a correct answer on Sufficient Assumption. It singles out one thing as the most decisive factor, but that doesn't mean that factor is sufficient to prove some other idea. So we wouldn't get any logical guarantee out of this answer, based on strength of language. We have to prove that M&M do not perform politically conservative acts, and this answer doesn't have the power to prove that sort of language.

   6%