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Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.
Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.
Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.
The pattern of reasoning displayed in the argument above is most similar to that displayed in which one of the following?
All of the paintings in
The two premises don't chain together, but even if they did the conclusion is not the contrapositive of that chain. It's actually just the A --> C connection of the chain itself. We know "if in H collection, then auctioned next week" and we know "the auction next week is by a wide variety of artists" but we can't turn that into a conditional, "If a painting is being auctioned next week, then it's by a wide variety of artists". That's basically nonsensical. Each painting is by one artist; the collection of paintings being exhibited is by a wide variety.
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All of the paintings in
Why this is right
Answer B is correct.
Skill tested: Parallel · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
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All of the paintings in
The two premises don't together. They both have the same trigger.
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Every postimpressionist painting from the
The two premises chain together, but the conclusion is not the contrapositive of that chain. It should say, "Hence none of the pop art paintings from the Huang Collection are postimpressionist paintings from the Huang Collection".
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Every painting from the Huang
The two premises chain together, but the conclusion is not the contrapositive of that chain. It should say, "Hence any paintings whose value is truly reflected in the auction price is NOT from the Huang Collection".
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