All poets, aside from those

Answer choices

1. A

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   All squeeze toys, except those designed for cats, are safe for infants. All squeeze toys are sold prewrapped. This item is not designed for

   All squeeze toys, except ST ? ~DC ? SI those designed for cats, are safe for infants. All squeeze toys are ST ? PW sold prewrapped. This item is not designed ~DC + PW for cats, and it is sold prewrapped. So it must be safe for SI infants. This argument reverses the second premise.

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2. B

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   Aside from the dogcatcher and the police chief, all of the politicians in town are lawyers. All of the politicians in town have websites.

   Aside from the dogcatcher P + D + ~PC ? L and the police chief, all of the politicians in town are lawyers. All of the politicians in town P ? W have websites. Sal is a politician in town, but is neither the dogcatcher nor the police P + ~D + ~PC chief. Sal must have a website. W This conclusion follows from the second and third premises alone. Since Sal is a politician in town and all of the politicians in town have websites, it follows that Sal has a website.

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3. C

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   All visas are assigned by this office, except for those that are issued through diplomatic channels. All visit permits are visas. Thus, the visit

   All visas are assigned V + ~DC ? O by this office, except for those that are issued through diplomatic channels. All visit permits are VP ? V visas. Will has a visit permit VP in his passport. Thus, Will’s visit permit DC was assigned through diplomatic channels. This argument assumes that Will’s visit permit was not assigned by this office.

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4. D

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   All of this store's winter garments are on sale, except for the designer clothes. None of the shirts in this store are designer clothes.

   All of this store’s winter WG + ~DC ? SA garments are on sale, except for the designer clothes. None of the shirts in SH ? DC this store are designer clothes. This shirt is on sale. SH ? SA Therefore, this shirt is a WG winter garment. This argument reverses the first premise.

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5. E

   Correct74% picked this

   All residential buildings are subject to the original fire code, except for those built last year. All townhouses are residential buildings. Bloom House was

   Why this is right

   All residential buildings RB + ~LY ? O are subject to the original fire code, except for those built last year. All townhouses are TH ? RB residential buildings. Bloom House was not ~LY + TH built last year, and it is a townhouse. So it is subject to the O original fire code. This argument is valid because the conclusion follows from the evidence. Since the Bloom House is a townhouse, it is residential building (second and third premise). Since it is a residential building (previous inference) and it was not built last year (third premise) it follows that it is subject to the original fire code (first premise).

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

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