Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT116 S3 Q14 Explanation

Social critic: The operas composed

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Stimulus

Social critic: The operas composed by Bizet and Verdi are nineteenth-century European creations, reflecting the attitudes and values in France and Italy at the end of that century. Several recent studies impugn these operas on the grounds that they reinforce in our society many stereotypes about women. But only lovers, have had any significant exposure to these works.

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

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
14.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the conclusion that the social critic’s argument, as it is stated above,

Answer choices

  1. Trap2% picked this

    Bizet and Verdi constructed images of women that have significantly influenced

  2. Trap2% picked this

    Nineteenth-century French and Italian images of women are quite different from contemporary North American

  3. Correct84% picked this

    The operas of Bizet and Verdi have not significantly contributed to stereotypical images of women

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap5% picked this

    Opera is not an important factor shaping social attitudes in contemporary

  5. Trap7% picked this

    People cannot be influenced by things they are not directly

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