Film historians have made two

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Weak2% picked this

   To avoid self-indulgence, filmmakers should take a critical stance toward the existing economic system and should allow audiences to

   This is a guideline for someone who wants to avoid self-indulgence. We need a rule that says, "If x is true, then you did not self-indulgently make films". Even if someone satisfied both conditions here, (1. take critical stance toward existing economic system, 2. allows audiences to form their own personal aspirations), that wouldn't prove that you have avoided self-indulgence. Similarly, if I said "to get into Harvard, students should apply as early as possible and submit at least one letter of recommendation" that wouldn't mean that satisfying those two conditions guarantees that you get into Harvard.

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2. B

   Unrelated to Goal1% picked this

   It is unjustified to demand of all filmmakers that their films engage in criticism of

   We need a rule that says, "If x is true, then you did not self-indulgently make films reflecting your own dreams / desires". This answer doesn't have any of that necessary conclusion language.

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3. C

   Unrelated to Goal3% picked this

   The people who regularly went to movies during the Depression were those likely to have been most satisfied

   We need a rule that says, "If x is true, then you did not self-indulgently make films reflecting your own dreams / desires". This answer doesn't have any of that necessary conclusion language.

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4. D

   Unrelated to Goal1% picked this

   Depression-era filmmakers who did not make films for profit could not take radical critical stances toward then-current

   We need a rule that says, "If x is true, then you did not self-indulgently make films reflecting your own dreams / desires". This answer doesn't have any of that necessary conclusion language.

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5. E

   Correct93% picked this

   It cannot be self-indulgent for a filmmaker to give an audience what

   Why this is right

   This is the only answer with a proving mechanism for the wording in our conclusion, that the filmmakers "did not self-indulgently create films reflecting their own dreams and desires". This says filmmaker gives an audience ? cannot be what it most wants self-indulgent We were told that the Depression-era filmmakers provided what their audiences most wanted in a film. According to this rule, it cannot have been self-indulgent for the filmmakers to have done this. So we have proven that the Depression-era filmmakers were not self-indulgently creating films. Since this was the only answer that provided the New Concept in the Conclusion (only choice A otherwise had anything about self-indulgence), this was the only answer really worth reading or thinking about.

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

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