Self-study
Resident: Conclusion Residents of this locale should not consider their loss of farming as a way of life to be a tragedy. ████ ████ ████ ███ █ █████ ████ ██ ███ ████████████ ██████████ ███ ██ ██ ███ █ ███████ ███████ ██ █████████ ████████ ████ █████████ █████ ███ ████████ ████ ██ █████ ███ ██████ ██ ████ ██ ███ █████
Summary
After switching away from farming, the area’s economy improved substantially. Therefore, residents of the area shouldn’t be upset about the loss of farming.
Notable Assumptions
The argument moves from a claim that moving away from farming had a specific benefit (economic growth) to a more general claim that people shouldn’t be upset about the loss of farming. It does not state, however, that all people should care about is economic growth - it assumes that if there is economic growth, that means people shouldn’t be upset. We’re looking for something that explains that assumption, and states that people should care the most about economic growth.
14.
Which one of the following, ██ █████ ████ ███ ████ ██ ███████ ███ ██████████ ██ ███ ██████████ █████████
a
Farming is becoming ████████████ ██████████ ████ ███ ██████ ████ █████ █████ ███ ████████ ██ ███████ ███ ████ ██████ ██ █████
Wrong trigger. The argument is about how other businesses replaced farming, and how efficient farming can be isn’t relevant.
b
The development of █████████ ████████ ██ ████ ████████ ██ ████████ ████████ ████ ██ ████████
The argument isn’t concerned with national security - it doesn’t need to prove that this shift was good for national security.
c
Residents of this ██████ ██ ███ █████ █ █████ ███ ██ ████ ████ ████ ████ █████ ████████ ███████████
This explains the link between economic growth and the claim that residents shouldn’t be upset. If this were negated, and residents cared more about their rural way of life, then they could still be upset about the loss of farming even if it was good for the economy.
d
Many residents of ████ ██████ ████ ██████ ███████ ████ ███ █████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ███ ██████ ███ █████████ █████████████
This only builds on the claim the argument makes that moving away from farming led to economic growth, and does not give any further reason to believe residents should therefore not be upset about the loss of farming.
e
The loss of █ ██████ ████ ██ █████ █████████ ██ ██████ ████ ████ ██ █████████ ████████ ████████
Leads to the wrong conclusion. If this were true, then the residents might have reason to be upset about the loss of farming even though there was economic growth.