Max: As evidence mounts

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct80% picked this

   It is used to suggest that the alleged cause of terrible changes to the environment cannot be

   Why this is right

   Max is saying, "Since our technology is doing terrible things to the environment, we should return to a natural way of living (one that doesn't use this modern technology)". And Cora is saying, "You can't pretend like our use of technology in modern times is an unnatural way of living. After all, it's been natural for humans to use technology for thousands of years. So your conclusion doesn't make any sense."

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

   80%
2. B

   Out of Scope: benefit5% picked this

   It is used to suggest that humans have benefited from many of the changes that they have

   There's no discussion of 'benefit'. Yes, I'm sure Cora and Max would agree that in most cases humans use technology (whether it relates to the environment or not) in the expectation of deriving some benefit from it. But nothing in this conversation is about whether or not humans benefit, or whether or not the environment sometimes suffers as a result. The conversation is just about whether humans' use of technology to affect the environment should be construed as an unnatural way of living or as a natural human trait.

   5%
3. C

   Bad Conclusion Match10% picked this

   It is used to suggest that Max’s conclusion that technology has wrought terrible changes on the environment

   Max's conclusion was not that "technology has wrought terrible changes". That was his evidence.

   10%
4. D

   Out of Scope: modern conveniences2% picked this

   It is used to suggest that the conveniences of modern life will make it difficult for humans to return to

   Cora isn't saying anything about modern technology affording us modern conveniences that will make us reluctant to forfeit modern technology. She is just saying, "If humans return to a natural way of living, as Max suggests, they'll still be using technology to affect the environment, because for thousands of years that has been the natural way that humans have lived."

   2%
5. E

   Out of Scope: moral issue3% picked this

   It is used to suggest that it is a mistake to take the environmental changes caused by technology

   Neither speaker says anything relating to whether or not this is a moral issue.

   3%