PT144.S3.Q23

PrepTest 144 - Section 3 - Question 23

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Columnist: Although most people favor the bill and the bill does not violate anyone's basic human rights, it will not be passed for many years, if at all; nor will any similar bill. █████ ██████ ███ █████ ██ █████████ ████████ ████ ██ ██ ██████ ███ ███ ████ ████████████ ████ █████ █████ ██ ████ ███████ ██ █ █████████ ██ ████ ██ ██ ███ █ ████████████████ ████

Summary

The author concludes that this country is not a well-functioning democracy.

Why? Because of the following:

(1) Most people favor the bill.

(2) The bill doesn’t violate anyone’s basic human rights.

(3) But it won’t be passed for many years, if ever.

(4) The people who would be harmed by the bill if it were passed are very influential.

Notable Assumptions

We’re looking for a principle that gets us from the premises to the conclusion. It’s tough to anticipate anything specific, because there are so many premises, and the correct answer could involve some or all of them. Here are just a few examples of principles that could strengthen:

If a bill that most people favor won’t pass into law for many years, if ever, then this country is not a well-functioning democracy.

If a bill that most people favor, and that doesn’t violate anyone’s basic human rights, won’t pass into law for many years, if ever, then this country is not a well-functionary democracy.

If a bill that would harm very influential people will not pass into law for many years, if ever, then this country is not a well-functioning democracy.

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23.

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a

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b

If a democracy ██ ████ ████████████ ████ ███ ████ ████ ██ ███████ ██ ███████████ ██████ ███ ███████ ██ ████ █████ ██████ ████ ██████████ ████ ████ ████

c

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d

Any bill passed ████ ███ ██ █ ████████████████ █████████ ████ ██ ███████ ██ ████ ██████ ███ ██ ██████████ ████ ████████████ █████ █████ ███████

e

A bill that ████ ██████ █████ ████ ██ ██████ ████████ ████ ███ ██ █ ████████████████ █████████ ██ ███ ████ ████ ███ ███████ ████████ █████ █████ ███████

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