Logical Reasoning

PT112 · S1 · Q3 Finnish author Jaakko Mikkeli was

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Finnish author Jaakko Mikkeli was accused by Norwegian author Kirsten Halden of plagiarizing a book that she had written and that had been published 20 years before Mikkeli’s. The two books, although set in different periods and regions, contain enough plot similarities to make coincidental resemblance unlikely.

Your task

Find the assumption the argument requires in order for its conclusion to hold.

Common trap

Answers that would help the argument but aren't strictly required (sufficient, not necessary).

Winning move

Negate each choice — the right one breaks the argument when negated.

3.

The argument in Mikkeli's defense depends on the assumption that

  1. Mikkeli has never met Halden

    Trap

    1% picked this

  2. Halden’s book did not become

    Trap

    6% picked this

  3. Correct

    nobody related the plot of

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

    80% picked this

  4. there is a common European

    Trap

    1% picked this

  5. Mikkeli is not familiar with

    Trap

    11% picked this

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