Coffee and tea contain methylxanthines,

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong: men should1% picked this

   Men, but not women, should be given methylxanthines prior to

   We can support the idea that women should not be given methylxanthines prior to angioplasty, but we have no support for the idea that men should be given them.

   1%
2. B

   Too Strong: the only One-Claim Support1% picked this

   In spite of the risks, angioplasty is the only effective treatment

   We have no way to back up this extreme claim that angioplasty is the only effective way to treat clogged arteries. It should also always make us nervous if we're picking an answer on Must Be True or Most Supported and it isn't forcing us to combine 2 or more claims. Our support for this answer would only come from the final sentence.

   1%
3. C

   Unknown Comparison: who drinks more22% picked this

   Women probably drink more coffee and tea, on average, than

   We have no information whatsoever for judging which sex drinks more coffee and tea. If anything, the passage is describing bigger risks associated with drinking coffee and tea for women, so we even have small reason to lean away from believing this.

   22%
4. D

   Correct76% picked this

   Prior to undergoing angioplasty, women should avoid coffee

   Why this is right

   This puts together all the causal relationships, as we anticipated (the correct answer doesn't need to combine all the provided facts, but it will combine at least 2 claims more than 95% of the time). Coffee / tea lead to more vasopressin, which leads to clumping of blood cells, especially in women. And clumping of blood cells is probably the reason that women face risks ten times as great as men when they have an angioplasty. If people were thinking, "Wait ... the complications are following angioplasty, whereas this answer is saying prior to angioplasty", the things we put into our bodies can linger there for a while. If you want your body to have low vasopressin and low clumping when you're recovering from your angioplasty, then you would try to avoid increasing your vasopressin and clumping in the lead-up to your surgery.

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

   76%
5. E

   Too Strong1% picked this

   Angioplasty should not be used to treat

   Too Strong: should not be used One-Claim Support We have no way to back up this extreme claim that angioplasty should not be used to treat clogged arteries. We hear about a potentially large risk factor for women, but couldn't we still use angioplasty for men? And couldn't we still use it for women, but just take steps to reduce their clumping of blood cells (such as tell them to lay off the coffee / tea). It should also always make us nervous if we're picking an answer on Must Be True or Most Supported and it isn't forcing us to combine 2 or more claims. Our support for this answer would only come from the final sentence.

   1%