Anyone who believes in democracy

Answer choices

1. A

   Reversal1% picked this

   Anyone who believes that an artwork is unlikely to be good if it is popular

   This says: thinks popular art is bad -> elitist. The argument already calls Griley an elitist. The needed bridge goes from Griley's art belief to NOT having high regard for the masses, not to "elitist." This connection doesn't complete the chain.

   1%
2. B

   Correct80% picked this

   Anyone who believes that if an artwork is popular it is unlikely to be good does not have a high regard for

   Why this is right

   This is the bridge. It says: anyone who thinks popular art is unlikely to be good does NOT have a high regard for the wisdom of the masses. Apply this to Griley (who has that belief): Griley does not have a high regard for the masses. Combined with the first premise (believing in democracy requires high regard), we get the contrapositive: Griley does not believe in democracy. Conclusion guaranteed.

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

   80%
3. C

   Reversal2% picked this

   If Griley is not an elitist, then he has a high regard for the wisdom

   This says: not elitist -> high regard. We'd need to combine that with the first premise (high regard

   2%
4. D

   Too Strong10% picked this

   Anyone who does not have a high regard for the wisdom of the masses is an elitist who believes that if an artwork is

   This says: no high regard for the masses -> elitist who thinks popular art is bad. That's the wrong direction — the argument needs us to derive "no high regard" from Griley's art belief, not the reverse. And the answer is much stronger than needed: it requires that anyone lacking high regard be both an elitist and hold the popular-art belief, which Griley already happens to be.

   10%
5. E

   Reversal7% picked this

   Unless Griley believes in democracy, Griley does not have a high regard for the wisdom

   This says: doesn't believe in democracy -> doesn't have high regard. That's the contrapositive of the first premise stated backward — useful when going from "no high regard" to "doesn't believe in democracy." But this version reverses it: "Unless he believes in democracy, he doesn't have high regard" works to derive the loss of regard from the conclusion, not the other way around. It doesn't bridge Griley's art belief to the conclusion.

   7%