Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT9 S2 Q14 Explanation

Lucien: Public-housing advocates

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Stimulus

Lucien: Public-housing advocates claim that the many homeless people in this city are proof that there is insufficient housing available to them and therefore that more low-income apartments are needed. But that conclusion is absurd. Many apartments in my own building remain unrented and my professional colleagues report similar vacancies where they this city’s homeless people hold regular jobs. These are people who lack neither will nor ability.

What this question is testing

Flaw

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

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The question
14.

Lucien’s argument against the public-housing advocates’ position is most vulnerable to which one of

Answer choices

  1. Trap2% picked this

    It offers no justification for dismissing as absurd the housing advocates’ claim that there are many homeless

  2. Trap12% picked this

    It treats information acquired through informal conversations as though it provided evidence as strong as information acquired on the

  3. Correct80% picked this

    It responds to a claim in which “available” is used in the sense of “affordable” by using “available” in

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

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

  4. Trap4% picked this

    It overlooks the possibility that not all apartment buildings have vacant

  5. Trap1% picked this

    It fails to address the issue, raised by the public-housing advocates’ argument, of who would pay for the

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