Each of the smallest particles

Answer choices

1. A

   Match: Part vs. Whole22% picked this

   Each part of this car is nearly perfectly engineered. Therefore this car is nearly perfect, from an

   This matches. You could have well engineered car parts but assemble them in a random way that wouldn’t make the entire car seem well engineered.

   22%
2. B

   Correct67% picked this

   Each part of this desk is made of metal. Therefore this desk is

   Why this is right

   This doesn’t match. Even though it makes a part to whole move, it isn’t one we could object to. It’s true to say that if every part of something is metal, then that entire thing is metal.

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

   67%
3. C

   Matches: Part vs. Whole5% picked this

   Each brick in this wall is rectangular. Therefore this wall

   This matches. You could arrange rectangular bricks into lots of different shapes, so just because each brick is rectangular in shape we can’t infer that the resulting shape of combining them will be rectangular.

   5%
4. D

   Matches: Part vs Whole2% picked this

   Each piece of wood in this chair is sturdy. Therefore this

   This matches. You could have sturdy pieces of wood that are barely glued together to make an unsturdy chair.

   2%
5. E

   Matches: Part vs Whole5% picked this

   Each sentence in this novel is well constructed. Therefore this is

   This matches. You could have well-constructed sentences that still have no connection to each other and don’t present any discernible or compelling narrative, so the novel could still be poorly constructed.

   5%