Principle: Even if an art auction

Answer choices

1. A

   Doesn't Establish Intent11% picked this

   An authentic work of art from the mid-eighteenth century will usually sell for at least ten times more than a modern reproduction of

   This definitely establishes a motive to mislead (since Healy's could sell an 18th century vase for more than a modern copy), but we still don't know if this description was an honest mistake or a deliberate distortion.

   11%
2. B

   Doesn't Establish Intent1% picked this

   Although pottery that is similar to the vase is currently extremely popular among art collectors, none of the collectors who are knowledgeable about such

   This has nothing to do with whether Healy's intentionally wrote the wrong description.

   1%
3. C

   Doesn't Establish Intent2% picked this

   The stated policy of Healy's is to describe works in its catalogs only in terms of their readily perceptible qualities and not to

   We would now know that this description (by naming age information) goes against Healy's stated policies, but we still don't know if it was intended to mislead.

   2%
4. D

   Doesn't Establish Intent1% picked this

   Some Healy's staff members believe that the auction house's catalog should not contain any descriptions that have not been certified to

   This doesn't give us anything that sounds like "the people who wrote the description intentionally wanted to mislead".

   1%
5. E

   Correct85% picked this

   Without consulting anyone with expertise in authenticating vases, Healy's described the vase as dating from the mid-eighteenth century merely in order

   Why this is right

   While far from perfect, this answer does more than any other to establish an intent to mislead: "Healy's didn't consult any experts; they instead just described the vase as 18th century in order to increase its auction price". We needed to establish that this description was done with the intent of misleading bidders. in order to = intent increase its auction price = affect bidders

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

   85%