It is widely believed that

Answer choices

1. A

   Not Mistaken25% picked this

   People are mistaken who insist that whenever they eat large amounts of chocolate they invariably suffer from

   This author isn't saying, "You guys are wrong -- you didn't actually get acne after you ate chocolate." She's saying, "You guys might be wrong to think the acne you got was caused by chocolate. It was probably caused by stress."

   25%
2. B

   Too Strong2% picked this

   The more chocolate a person eats, the more likely that person is to experience the hormonal

   This author has never presented this incredibly strong Volume Dial relationship (the more x, the more y). Also, the sound of this answer suggests that chocolate is causing stress, when the author's premise in the last sentence is suggesting a story in which stress is causing chocolate eating (and acne).

   2%
3. C

   Wrong Causal Relationship1% picked this

   Eating large amounts of chocolate is more likely to cause stress than it is to

   Our author is never talking about eating lots of chocolate causing anything. She is saying she thinks what's going on is that stress is causing acne and stress is causing people to eat lots of chocolate.

   1%
4. D

   Correct68% picked this

   It is less likely that eating large amounts of chocolate causes acne than that both the chocolate eating and the

   Why this is right

   The conclusion isn't saying the original hypothesis (that the acne is caused by the chocolate) is definitely wrong. It's saying that it's likely wrong. Our author's alternate explanation is that both the chocolate and the acne are just symptoms of underlying stress. Because she prefers this explanation to the original one, we can express her belief by saying, "It's more likely that stress is causing both than that chocolate is causing acne".

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

   68%
5. E

   Too Strong Premise5% picked this

   The more stress a person experiences, the more likely that person is

   This author has never presented this incredibly strong Volume Dial relationship (the more x, the more y). But the author did present a premise that said when people are under stress, they tend to eat more chocolate. Whenever we're doing a Main Conclusion question, if we see an answer choice resembling the final claim, we want to be suspicious. Since the conclusion usually isn't the final claim on Main Conclusion and Role, we don't expect the final claim to be the correct answer.

   5%