Antonia: The stock market is

Answer choices

1. A

   Both Agree2% picked this

   the stock market is often volatile but provides the opportunity to make a

   Speaker 1 says this in her second and third claims. Speaker 2 affirms this in her first claim.

   2%
2. B

   Nobody Agrees0% picked this

   savings bonds can provide a large return on

   Neither speaker claims that a bond can provide a large return. Speaker 2 says bonds provide income that is both constant and reliable, but the amount of return relative to the investment isn't implied.

   0%
3. C

   Nobody Disagrees6% picked this

   the stock market provides the opportunity for an investor to make a constant, reliable income

   Speaker two definitely agrees, but Speaker 1 doesn't necessarily disagree.

   6%
4. D

   Nobody Disagrees12% picked this

   it is safer to invest in savings bonds than to invest in

   Speaker two definitely agrees, but Speaker 1 doesn't necessarily disagree.

   12%
5. E

   Correct79% picked this

   it is preferable to pick an investment offering a reliable income over a riskier opportunity to make

   Why this is right

   This one might seem at first to be a "half scope" answer (meaning 1 speaker doesn't address one of the major concepts), but it's the best that we've got. True, speaker 1 doesn't explicitly address the concept of "reliable income," but when she says that the volatile stock market is the best way to invest despite its volatility because of its big potential payoff, that lends strong support to the idea that she'd disagree that it' preferable to pick a reliable investment over a riskier one with a bigger potential payoff.

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

   79%