Logical Reasoning

PT8 · S1 · Q19 Editorial: It is clear that if this

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Editorial: It is clear that if this country’s universities were living up to both their moral and their intellectual responsibilities, the best-selling publications in most university bookstores would not be frivolous ones like TV Today and Gossip Review.

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.

If the statements in the editorial are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?

  1. People who purchase publications that

    Trap

    2% picked this

  2. It is irresponsible for university

    Trap

    3% picked this

  3. Most people who purchase publications

    Trap

    8% picked this

  4. Many people who attend this

    Trap

    5% picked this

  5. Correct

    At least some of this

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

    82% picked this

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