In order to control the deer

Answer choices

1. A

   Out of Scope: people notified1% picked this

   People would be notified of the time when deer in their area were to be

   Notifying people when deer are treated is not directly related to the argument's concern about the hormone levels after the deer have been treated and people consume them.

   1%
2. B

   Out of Scope: chemical similarity6% picked this

   The hormone that would be injected into the deer is chemically similar to hormones used

   The author hasn't made any assumption that this hormone is similar or different to other things. This answer is speculating a causal backstory for how we have a hormone that can suppress fertility, but it doesn't have to be chemically similar to contraceptives in humans.

   6%
3. C

   Out of Scope: scheduling hunting season2% picked this

   Hunting season for deer could be scheduled so that it would not coincide

   The author is never talking about hunting season at all, let alone making suggestions about the scheduling of it.

   2%
4. D

   Correct65% picked this

   The hormone in question does not occur naturally in the female deer that

   Why this is right

   This has the lovable Defender "not", so we negate it and see if it weakens. If this hormone DOES occur naturally in female deer, would that weaken? Yes! That gives us a way to argue that even though we're only injecting the deer with 10mg, someone who eats the deer may end up ingesting more than that, because they would consume not only the injected hormone but also the naturally occurring hormone. Maybe a thick cut of female deer meat would include 5mg of naturally occurring hormone and 5mg of injected hormone, causing the human to eat a dangerous dose.

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

   65%
5. E

   Out of Scope: most people26% picked this

   Most people do not consider deer meat to be part of their daily diet and eat it

   The word "most" is famously wrong on Necessary Assumption 98% of the time. This argument doesn't care whether 51% or 49% of people consider deer meat to be part of their daily diet.

   26%