Logical Reasoning

PT127 · S2 · Q10 Critic: The idealized world

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Critic: The idealized world portrayed in romance literature is diametrically opposed to the debased world portrayed in satirical literature.

Evidence

Comedy and tragedy require that CT → MQC the moral qualities of major characters change during the course of the action.

Conclusion

Neither tragedy nor comedy can CT → ~SRL be classified as satirical literature or romance literature.

Evaluate

The argument assumes that SRL → ~MQC moral qualities of major MQC → ~SRL characters in romance literature and satirical literature do not change during the course of the action.

10.

The critic's conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?

Some characters in comedies and
Out of Scope
The argument is based on requirements of major characters. This answer is not necessarily about major characters.
3% picked this
The visions of the world
Out of Scope
While it is relevant that the moral qualities of the major characters in satirical literature and and romance literature reflect the worlds in which they are presented, the opposite is not necessarily true of the moral qualities of the major characters in works of tragedy and words of comedy. Without this further assumption this answer is too weak to ensure the conclusion.
6% picked this
If a character in a
Out of Scope
This answer doesn't speak to the moral qualities of such characters.
2% picked this
Correct
In romance literature and satirical
Why this is right
This guarantees that the SRL → ~MQC moral qualities of major characters in romance and satirical literature do not change.
Skill tested: Sufficient Assumption · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
84% picked this
Both comedy and tragedy require
Out of Scope
The argument relies on information about the moral qualities of major characters, while this answer is about the moral qualities of minor characters.
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