LOGICAL REASONING:
IDENTIFY THE CENTRAL ASSUMPTION:
Linsey has been judged to be a bad songwriter simply because her lyrics typically are disjointed and subjective. This judgment is ill founded, however, since the writings of many modern novelists typically are disjointed and subjective and y...
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LOGICAL REASONING:
IDENTIFY THE CENTRAL ASSUMPTION:
Linsey has been judged to be a bad songwriter simply because her lyrics typically are
disjointed and subjective. This judgment is ill founded, however, since the writings of
many modern novelists typically are disjointed and subjective and yet these novelists
are widely held to be good writers.
Which one of the following is an ASSUMPTION on which the argument depends?
(A) Disjointed and subjective writing has a comparable effect in modern novels and in
songs.
(B) Some readers do not appreciate the subtleties of the disjointed and subjective style
adopted by modern novelists.
(C) Song lyrics that are disjointed and subjective have at least as much narrative
structure as any other song lyrics do.
(D) A disjointed and subjective style of writing is usually more suitable for novels and
song lyrics than it is for any other written works.
(E) The quality of Linsey's songs is better judged by quality of their lyrics than by the
quality of their musical form. - Answer (A) Disjointed and subjective writing has a
comparable effect in modern novels and in songs.
LOGICAL REASONING:
IDENTIFYING CENTRAL ASSUMPTION
Obviously, we cannot in any real sense mistreat plants. Plants do not have nervous
systems, and having a nervous system is necessary to experience pain.
The conclusion above follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
(A) Any organism that can experience pain can be mistreated.
(B) Only organisms that have nervous systems can experience pain.
(C) Any organism that has a nervous system can experience pain.
(D) Only organisms that can experience pain can be mistreated.
(E) Any organism that has a nervous system can be mistreated. - Answer (D) Only
organisms that can experience pain can be mistreated.
LOGICAL REASONING:
IDENTIFYING CENTRAL ASSUMPTION
, All material bodies are divisible into parts, and everything divisible is imperfect. It follows
rgar akk material bodies are imperfect.It likewise follows that the spirit is not a material
body.
The final conclusion above follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
a) Everything divisible is a material body.
b) Nothing imperfect is indivisible.
c) The spirit is divisible.
d) The spirit is perfect.
e) The spirit is either indivisible or imperfect. - Answer d) The spirit is perfect.
LOGICAL REASONING:
IDENTIFYING CENTRAL ASSUMPTION
No chordates are tracheophytes, and all members of Pteropsida are tracheophytes. So
no members of Pteropsida belong to the family Hominidae.
The conclusion above follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
(a) All members of the family Hominidae are tracheophytes
(b) All members of the family Hominidae are chordates
(c) All tracheophytes are members of Pteropsida
(d) No members of the family Hominidae are chordates
(e) No chordates are members of Pteropsida - Answer (b) All members of the family
Hominidae are chordates
LOGICAL REASONING:
WRONG CHOICE ANSWERS
Historian: The spread of literacy informs more people of injustices and, in the right
circumstances, leads to increased capacity to distinguish true reformers from mere
opportunists. However, widespread literacy invariably emerges before any
comprehensive system of general education;thus, in the interim, the populace is
vulnerable to clever demagogues calling for change. Consequently, some relatively
benign regimes may ironically be toppled by their own "enlightened" move to increase
literacy.
Which one of the following is an assumption on which the historian's argument
depends?
A. A demagogue can never enlist the public support necessary to topple an existing
regime unless a comprehensive system of general education is in place.
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