Sharon heard her favorite novelist

Answer choices

1. A

   Out of Scope: most dedicated1% picked this

   Artists who speak out on political matters will have influence only among their

   This is a conditional that sounds like this: if you're not one of they won't have any an artist's most ? influence on you when dedicated fans they speak on politics We don't know whether or not Sharon is one of this novelist's most dedicated fans.

   1%
2. B

   Out of Scope: established reputation1% picked this

   A political statement from an artist should be considered only if the artist has established a reputation for being an honest

   This is a conditional that sounds like this: if artist hasn't established political statement reputation for being ? should not be smart / honest observer considered of politics We have no idea whether this novelist does or doesn't have an established reputation for being honest/smart about politics.

   1%
3. C

   Out of Scope: related to arts2% picked this

   Artists should limit their public political statements to issues that are somehow related

   This is a conditional that sounds like this: if it's not somehow ? artist shouldn't make a related to the arts public political statement We don't know whether or not the novelist's political statement was / wasn't somehow related to the arts (maybe the novelist was yelling at a politician who wanted to cut funding for the National Endowment of the Arts).

   2%
4. D

   Correct85% picked this

   Someone who hears testimony that contradicts a long-standing opinion will generally entertain doubts about the source of the testimony rather than

   Why this is right

   This is a conditional that sounds like this: if you hear testimony you'll entertain doubts that goes against ? about the source of a long-standing opinion testimony, not your of yours long-standing opinion This, we can match up, even though it's still a bit of a stretch. Sharon had a long-standing opinion: Politician Y is good She heard testimony from her favorite novelist contradicting it: Politician Y sucks She entertained doubts about the novelist (her estimation declined), but not doubts about her original opinion. She continued to think Politician Y is good (her estimation did not change). I don't love saying that this novelist speaking out against a candidate Sharon likes qualifies well as "testimony contradicting a long-standing opinion", but in the end this answer can be better matched than any other, and that's what counts.

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

   85%
5. E

   Out of Scope11% picked this

   People are far less likely to renounce an allegiance that they have had for many years than to renounce an allegiance

   Out of Scope: new vs. many years This would make perfect sense if we knew that Sharon's support of the candidate started earlier than when this novelist because her favorite. But we have no idea. We don't know how old Sharon is. She might have loved this novelist since high school and only started supporting this political candidate in the past decade.

   11%