None of the students

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct74% picked this

   There are students who are taking art but

   Why this is right

   This follows from the first and A ↢some↣ P second premises. P → ~L ∴ A ↢some↣ ~L

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

   74%
2. B

   Too Strong10% picked this

   None of the students taking literature are

   It can be inferred that some A ↢some↣ P students who take art do not P → ~L take literature, but it cannot ∴ A ↢some↣ ~L be inferred that none of them do.

   10%
3. C

   Unsupported Relationship5% picked this

   There are students who are taking rhetoric but

   It can be inferred that some P → ~R students who do not take P → ~L rhetoric do not take literature, ∴ ~R ↢some↣ ~L but it cannot be inferred that some students who do take rhetoric do not take literature.

   5%
4. D

   Unsupported Relationship3% picked this

   None of the students taking rhetoric are

   The relationship between P → ~R rhetoric and literature that P → ~L can be inferred is that some ∴ ~R ↢some↣ ~L students who do not take rhetoric do not take literature.

   3%
5. E

   Unsupported Relationship8% picked this

   There are students who are taking both art

   While it can be inferred that A ↢some↣ P some students who take art P → ~L do not take literature, that ∴ A ↢some↣ ~L does not mean that some students who take art do take literature.

   8%