One’s palate is to a great

Answer choices

1. A

   No Match for #11% picked this

   Maxine spoke to her neighbor about the many different ways he prepared pasta, and after trying some of his recipes found out

   Do we have a match for #1 - we notice lot of people enjoy consuming food X? No, not really. Maxine just speaks to her neighbor about pasta.

   1%
2. B

   Weak Match for #1 Bad Match for #2 / #30% picked this

   Mike dislikes lima beans, due to his having parents who dislike them and few family

   Do we have a match for #1: we notice lot of people enjoy consuming food X? Kind of — we notice our parents dislike lima beans and few of our family members like them. Do we have a match for #2 and #3: we become accustomed to lima beans? we eventually come to like lima beans? No, Mike still hates those lima beans. (If we found no answer better than this, than maybe we would consider it as an "inverted" use of the principle.)

   0%
3. C

   Correct89% picked this

   All of George’s Ukrainian relatives love to eat pierogis, and by staying with them for several summers, George has become very

   Why this is right

   Do we have a match for #1: we notice lot of people enjoy consuming food X? Kind of — George notices all his relatives eat pierogis. Do we have a match for #2 and #3: he becomes accustomed to pierogis? he eventually comes to like pierogis? Yes and yes. The line that "he stays there for several summers" allows a chance for him to have become accustomed to them. And in the end he is very fond of them.

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

   89%
4. D

   Bad #3 Match1% picked this

   Yolanda dislikes pickles because she has observed that many of her relatives wince

   Just like (B), this example ends with someone disliking something, when the principle given talked about the process by which someone comes to like a food.

   1%
5. E

   Weak #3 Match9% picked this

   Sally found jalapeño peppers to be too hot when she first tried them, but now she can eat them without discomfort, because her family

   This one is close, but we're never told that Sally "eventually comes to like the food as well", only that she eventually comes to be able to eat it without discomfort.

   9%