Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT8 S1 Q19 Explanation

Editorial: It is clear that if this

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TopicsMust be True

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Stimulus

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. However, in sells better than Gossip Review is TV Today.

What this question is testing

Must be True

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
19.

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

Answer choices

  1. Trap2% picked this

    People who purchase publications that are devoted primarily to gossip or to television programming

  2. Trap3% picked this

    It is irresponsible for university bookstores to carry publications such as Gossip Review

  3. Trap8% picked this

    Most people who purchase publications at university bookstores purchase either TV Today

  4. Trap4% picked this

    Many people who attend this country’s universities fail to live up to both their moral

  5. Correct83% picked this

    At least some of this country’s universities are not meeting their moral responsibilities or their

    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.

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