In countries where government officials

Answer choices

1. A

   Out of Scope: rationally Opposite Logic6% picked this

   People who have had a role in making the laws that govern their own behavior act more rationally

   This answer is half-insinuating that civil disorder is "irrational behavior", which is definitely not a connection we should be adding. It's also just writing an "illegal light switch" version of the conclusion. if you had no role, then more prone to civil disorder if you had a role, then less prone to civil disorder (i.e. act more rationally)

   6%
2. B

   Out of Scope4% picked this

   A free press is better able to convey to citizens the purpose of government policy than is a

   Out of Scope: press controlled by government The "free elections and free press" part is really not central to the logic of this argument. The author never discusses a press controlled by the government. The author isn't thinking that citizens end up "not understanding the purpose of government policy" because the government press isn't as good at conveying the purpose of policy. She's thinking they end up that way because the citizens had no role in creating the policies.

   4%
3. C

   Too Strong: cannot be prevented1% picked this

   Civil disorder cannot be prevented by security forces alone, however great the powers granted them

   The author never gets close to saying/assuming that "civil disorder cannot be prevented".

   1%
4. D

   Correct75% picked this

   People tend not to understand the purpose of restrictions unless they participate

   Why this is right

   "Unless" = "if it is not the case that" If people do not ? they don't participate in the understand the formulation of restrictions purpose The author is saying that "people who don't have a role / who don't participate in the creation/formulation of restrictions / controlling polices are prone to disorder" because "people who don't understand the purpose of restrictions are prone to disorder". So the author is definitely moving from "if have no role in creating restriction, then don't understand purpose of restriction".

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

   75%
5. E

   Relative vs. Absolute14% picked this

   Civil disorder does not generally occur in countries that have either free elections or

   The author is only talking about certain countries being more/less prone to civil disorder. We're never talking about countries having no civil disorder. He's not saying that most countries (generally) with free elections or a free press are devoid of civil disorder.

   14%