Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT15 S3 Q1 Explanation

Those who support the continued reading

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Stimulus

Those who support the continued reading and performance of Shakespeare's plays maintain that in England appreciation for his work has always extended beyond educated elites and that ever since Shakespeare's own time his plays have always been known and loved by comparatively uneducated people. Skepticism about this claim is borne out by must have been far beyond the reach of people of ordinary means.

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
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The main point of the argument

Answer choices

  1. Trap4% picked this

    suggest that knowledge of Shakespeare’s plays is a suitable criterion for distinguishing the educated elite from other

  2. Correct83% picked this

    provide evidence that at some time in the past appreciation for Shakespeare’s plays was confined

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

  3. Trap0% picked this

    prove that early eighteenth-century appreciation for Shakespeare’s works rested on aspects of the works that

  4. Trap8% picked this

    demonstrate that since Shakespeare’s time the people who have known and loved his work have all been

  5. Trap6% picked this

    confirm the skepticism of the educated elite concerning the worth of

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