Logical Reasoning

PT7 · S4 · Q21 Historian: There is no direct evidence

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Historian: There is no direct evidence that timber was traded between the ancient nations of Poran and Nayal, but the fact that a law setting tariffs on timber imports from Poran was enacted during the third Nayalese dynasty does suggest that during that period a timber trade was conducted.

Your task

Describe how the argument proceeds — the technique it uses to reach its conclusion.

Common trap

Answers that describe a method the argument doesn't actually use.

Winning move

Track the role each statement plays, then match that to the choice describing the same moves.

21.

The critic’s response to the historian’s reasoning does which one of the following?

  1. Correct

    It implies an analogy between

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

    63% picked this

  2. It identifies a general principle

    Trap

    6% picked this

  3. It distinguishes between what has

    Trap

    25% picked this

  4. It establishes explicit criteria that

    Trap

    3% picked this

  5. It points out the dissimilar

    Trap

    3% picked this

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