Logical Reasoning

PT16 · S3 · Q19 Maria: Calling any state totalitarian

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Maria: Calling any state totalitarian is misleading: it implies total state control of all aspects of life.

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.

19.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses Maria’s main conclusion?

  1. Correct

    No state can be called

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

    72% picked this

  2. To be totalitarian, a state

    Trap

    11% picked this

  3. The degree of control exercised

    Trap

    8% picked this

  4. No existing state currently has

    Trap

    7% picked this

  5. Systems of control are inevitably

    Trap

    2% picked this

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