Self-study
Professor: The most important function of epic poetry is to transmit the values by which a group of people is to live. ████ ████████████ ██ ████████████ ███ ██ ██ ████████ ██████████ ██ █████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ █████ ██████████ ██ ██████ ████████ ███ ███ █████████ ██ ████ ███████ █████████ █████ ████ ██████ █████ ███████ ███ █████████ ██ ███ █████ ██ █████ ███ ████ ███ ██████
Summary
Epic poetry’s most important function is the transmission of the values by which a group of people is to live.
In epic poetry, values are not transmitted by explicit discussion.
In epic poetry, values are transmitted by their embodiment in heroic figures, who are presented as role models.
If people imitate the role models in epic poems, such people gain meaning and direction in their lives.
Notable Valid Inferences
Epic poetry accomplishes its most important function by embodying values in heroic figures, who are presented as role models.
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If the professor's statements are █████ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ████ ████ ██ █████
a
An important function ██ ██████ ██ ██ ████ ███████ ███ █████████ ██ ███ █████ ██ █████ ███ ████ ██ ████ ███
Could be false. The stimulus only discusses one important function of poetry: the transmission of values. This might lead to people gaining life meaning and direction if they do decide to imitate the characters, but that’s not the explicit function as the stimulus describes it.
b
Epic poems accomplish █████ ████ █████████ ████████ ██ ██████████ ██████ ███████ ██ ████ ███████
Must be true. The stimulus explicitly states that the most important function of epic poems is to transmit values, and that the poems do so by presenting heroic figures as role models.
c
When values are ███████████ ██ ███████ ████ ███ ██████ ██ ████ ███ █████ ███████████
Could be false. We know that epic poems do not transmit values via explicit discussion, but it’s possible that other kinds of poems do!
d
For many groups ██ ███████ ██████ ███████ █████ ██ ████ ██████ █████████ ███ ██████ ██ █████ █████ ██████ ███ ██ █████
Could be false. The stimulus does not say that many groups of people view heroic figures as role models; rather, it says that if a person does see a heroic figure as a role model and imitates that figure, that person could gain meaning and direction in their life.
e
Only epic poetry ████████ ██████ ███████ ██ ████ ██████ █████ ██ █████████ ████ ███████ ███ █████████ ██ ███ █████ ██ █████ ███ ████ ███
Could be false. The stimulus only discusses epic poetry. It does not claim that other kinds of poetry or art do not utilize the same techniques described here.