Books that present a utopian

Answer choices

1. A

   Bad Premise Match / Weak Conclusion Match5% picked this

   Art that portrays people as happy and contented has a tranquilizing effect on the viewer, an effect that is appealing to those who are

   We do have a conditional: If [art that portrays happy people], then [appealingly tranquilizing to some]. But, in order to match, we would need a premise that sounds like, “This art does not portray happy people, thus it won’t be appealingly tranquilizing.” Also, the conclusion says (X’s are not Y or Z), but the original conclusion was more weakly worded (X’s are unlikely to be Y).

   5%
2. B

   Bad Conclusion Match / Bad Premise Match2% picked this

   People who enjoy participating in activities such as fishing or hiking may nevertheless enjoy watching such spectator sports as boxing or football. Thus, one

   This one can be quickly eliminated if we glance at the conclusion and see that it’s a different type of claim (You can’t infer X from Y) than the conclusion of the original argument (X’s are unlikely to be Y). It also only contains one premise, whereas the original had two.

   2%
3. C

   Correct84% picked this

   Action movies that involve complicated and dangerous special-effects scenes are enormously expensive to produce. Hence, since traditional dramatic or comedic films contain no such

   Why this is right

   If [movie has crazy special effects scenes], then [super expensive to make]. Since Dramas & Comedy do not have crazy special effects scenes, they must not be super expensive.

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

   84%
4. D

   Bad Premise Match6% picked this

   Adults usually feel a pleasant nostalgia when hearing the music they listened to as adolescents, but since adolescents often like music specifically because they

   The premise isn’t conditional. It’s usually, rather than will always. The 2nd premise would need to talk about not listening to music they heard when they were adolescents, in order to match the form of the original.

   6%
5. E

   Bad Conclusion Match2% picked this

   All self-employed businesspeople have salaries that fluctuate with the fortunes of the general economy, but government bureaucrats are not self-employed. Therefore, not everyone with

   A quick glance at the conclusion kills this. It has a different form and strength (not all X’s are Y) than the original argument’s conclusion (X’s are unlikely to be Y). The correct conclusion to pair with those two premises would have been, “Therefore, the bureaucrats’ salaries probably do not fluctuate with the fortunes of the general economy.”

   2%