PT126.S3.Q13

PrepTest 126 - Section 3 - Question 13

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Botanist: It has long been believed that people with children or pets should keep poinsettia plants out of their homes. ████████ ████ ██████ ███ ████ ██████████ ██ █████████████ ██████ █████ ████████ ████ ███████████ ██ █████████ ███ █████████ ██████████ ██ ██ █████████ ███ ████████ ███ ██████ █████████████ ████ ███████████ ████ ██ ████ ██ ████████ ██ █████

Summarize Argument: Counter-Position

The belief that homes with children or pets shouldn’t have poinsettia plants is mistaken. Why? Because there’s definitive research showing that the plants aren’t dangerous for those groups.

Identify Conclusion

The conclusion is the botanist’s refutation of the belief that poinsettia plants are dangerous: “... it is mistaken.”

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13.

Which one of the following ████ ██████████ █████████ ███ ██████████ █████ ██ ███ ██████████ █████████

a

Child-rearing books should █████████ ██████ ████ ████████ ██ ███ ███████████ ██ █████ ██████

The author makes no recommendation on what any kind of book should do.

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b

Poinsettias are not ███████████ ██████████

This is a misrepresentation of a premise. Part of the argument’s support is that poinsettias aren’t dangerous to children or pets; they may be dangerous to other groups.

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c

According to many █████████████ ██████ ███████████ ███ ██████████

This is part of the context that sets up the botanist’s argument.

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d

The belief that ██████████ ████ ████████ ██ ████ ██████ ███ ████ ███████████ ██ █████████

This accurately paraphrases the conclusion: it—the belief that poinsettias shouldn’t be in homes with pets or children—is mistaken.

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e

Poinsettias pose no ████ ██ ████████ ██ █████

This is premise. It supports the conclusion that the belief about poinsettias is mistaken.

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