Patricia: During Japan's Tokugawa

Answer choices

1. A

   Opposite8% picked this

   Many poor Japanese during the Tokugawa period also had houses constructed with

   Patricia wants to make the squeaky floor thing like an exception, not a trend.

   8%
2. B

   No Impact12% picked this

   As part of their secret training, ninjas learned to walk on squeaky floors without

   This would only suggest that the wealthy people's ninja-trap wouldn't work. But it has nothing to do with whether most or not most Japanese feared ninjas.

   12%
3. C

   Correct77% picked this

   The wealthy made up a small portion of Japan's population during

   Why this is right

   This is getting at our, "I said most people, not wealthy people. They're the minority" objection.

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

   77%
4. D

   Doesn't Counter Objection2% picked this

   The fighting prowess of ninjas was exaggerated to mythic proportions in the years following

   This somewhat helps P add to her narrative that nowadays we think about ninjas with respectful awe, but during the actual time period it wasn't such a mythic legend that everyone was afraid of. But this doesn't counter T's objection that "if most people weren't afraid, then why were they building special floors for the sake of hearing ninja footsteps?"

   2%
5. E

   Out of Scope0% picked this

   There were very few ninjas at any time other than during

   Out of Scope: other than the Tokugawa period This conversation is only about whether or not most Japanese feared ninjas during the Tokugawa period.

   0%