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Answer choices

1. A

   Wrong Structure / Wrong Validity1% picked this

   Given the demands of Timothy's job, his next free evening will occur next Friday. Since he spent a lot of money on his last

   Given the demands of Timothy’s job, his next free evening will occur next Friday. He spent a lot of money on his last evening out. He will probably decide to spend his next free evening at home. Therefore, Timothy will probably be at home next Friday evening. This argument is missing an if/then premise that includes “and” after “then.” Furthermore, there is a gap in the reasoning between the evidence and the intermediate conclusion and so this argument is not valid.

   1%
2. B

   Wrong Structure10% picked this

   Tovah cannot attend the concert next week if she is away on business. If she misses that concert, she will not have another opportunity

   Tovah cannot attend the concert AB → ~NW next week if she is away on business. If she misses that concert [next ~NW → ~TM week], she will not have another opportunity to attend a concert this month. She will be away on business. AB Tovah will not be able to attend ~TM a concert this month. This argument is missing an if/then premise that includes “and” after “then.”

   10%
3. C

   Wrong Structure5% picked this

   Mark's children will not be content this weekend unless he lets them play video games some of the time. Mark will let them play

   Mark’s children will not be C → VG content this weekend unless he lets them play video games some of the time. Mark will let them play video VG → ~PA games, but only at times when he has no other activities planned. Therefore, unless Mark and C → ~PA his children take a break from planned activities, Mark’s children will not be content this weekend. This argument is missing an if/then premise that includes “and” after “then.”

   5%
4. D

   Wrong Structure2% picked this

   If Teresa is not seated in first class on her airline flight, she will be seated in business class. Therefore, since she cannot be

   If Teresa is not seated in ~FC → BC first class on her airline flight, she will be seated in business class. She cannot be seated in ~FC first class on that flight. Therefore, she will BC necessarily be seated in business class. This argument is missing an if/then premise that includes “and” after “then.”

   2%
5. E

   Correct83% picked this

   Susannah will have a relaxing vacation only if her children behave especially well and she does not start to suspect that they are planning

   Why this is right

   Susannah will have a R → BEW + ~SPM relaxing vacation only if her children behave especially well and she does not start to suspect that they are planning some mischief. She will certainly start to BEW → SPM suspect that they are planning some mischief if they behave especially well. Susannah’s vacation ~R cannot possibly be relaxing. To have a relaxing vacation, Susannah’s children must behave especially well and she must not suspect that they are planning mischief. Since the second premise states that those two things are incompatible, Susannah cannot have a relaxing vacation.

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

   83%