Nations that have little interaction

Answer choices

1. A

   Illegal Opposite9% picked this

   nations that have knowledge of one another’s needs and problems will treat each other with

   We were told if you don't have knowledge, won't have sympathy / justice And this is saying if you do have knowledge, you will have sympathy / justice (This answer should raise a red flag since it doesn't involve the first sentence at all)

   9%
2. B

   Correct86% picked this

   without some interaction, nations are bound to find it difficult to extend sympathy and justice

   Why this is right

   This just connects the 1st to the 3rd in our causal chain: -don't interact -won't understand each other's needs/problems -won't have sympathy or justice

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

   86%
3. C

   Too Strong: almost all1% picked this

   almost all problems between nations stem from lack of sympathy

   We can't quantify in any way what percentage of problems stem from lack of sympathy and justice.

   1%
4. D

   Too Strong0% picked this

   there is no way to eliminate conflict

   Too Strong: no way Out of Scope: conflict Whoa, where's this extreme fatalism coming from? We can't derive utter hopelessness from these two sentences. Also, who said anything about conflict between nations? For all we know, if nations just tried to interact with each other more, they might understand more about each other, might have more sympathy for each other or desire justice between each other, and be less likely to have conflict.

   0%
5. E

   Too Strong: only Doesn't Synthesize5% picked this

   only nations that have some interaction with one another have knowledge of one another’s

   In terms of matching the first sentence as a pseudo-conditional, this is putting the ideas on the correct side of the if/then. But the wording is more harsh than that of the first sentence. This says, if zero interaction, then zero knowledge of each other's needs and problems. if some knowledge, then some interaction. The passage gave us something a little fuzzier if little interaction, then little knowledge. Beyond that mismatch, we would not like this answer because of the fact that it doesn't use the 2nd idea at all. The blank we're trying to fill in is a specific consequence of the 2nd idea, so we definitely need to use the 2nd idea in this correct answer. It wouldn't be a correct answer if we just reiterated what we were told in the 1st idea. For example, it would be as crazy as this sounds: Sally hates beer. Because John only is serving beer at this party, it follows that beer is hated by Sally.

   5%