Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT159 S3 Q3 ExplanationAnthropology professor: The new class I’m offering has been

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Stimulus

Anthropology professor: The new class I’m offering has been listed in the course catalog as a literature class, but it should be listed instead as an anthropology class. The texts we will study are all novels, as sources of information about different cultures.

Dean: The class is listed as it should be. All the readings in the of literature.

What this question is testing

Agree/Disagree

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 dialogue provides the most support for the claim that the anthropology professor and the dean

Answer choices, explained

  1. Trap5% picked this

    all of the books that will be read in the new

  2. Trap4% picked this

    a class can be listed as both an anthropology class and

  3. Correct89% picked this

    the approach taken to the readings should be a crucial determinant of how a

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap2% picked this

    the dean has the power to decide how a new class is

  5. Trap0% picked this

    an anthropology professor should be permitted to teach a

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