PT13.S4.Q7

PrepTest 13 - Section 4 - Question 7

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Murray vs. Jane

Murray doesn't engage with the substance of Jane's accusation against Senator Brandon. Instead, he attacks Jane's motivation for making the criticism. His evidence? Jane singles out Brandon while ignoring other politicians who've done the same thing. In Murray's view, that selective targeting reveals that Jane's criticism is driven by personal dislike, not principle.

Jane concedes that she does dislike Senator Brandon. But she pushes back on Murray's logic: the fact that she hasn't gone after other politicians for the same thing doesn't let Brandon off the hook. The criticism can still be valid even if Jane is being selective about who she criticizes.

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7.

If Murray and Jane are ████ ███████ ██ ████ ████ ████ ████ ██ ███ ████████ ██ █████████ ████ ████ █████ ████

a

Senator Brandon has ████████ █████ ████ █████████

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it is wrong ███ ███████████ ██ ██████ █████ ████ █████████

c

Jane’s criticism of ███████ ███████ ██ █████████ ████ ██ ████████ ███████

d

Senator Brandon should ██ ██████████ ███ █████████ █████ ████ █████████

e

one or more ███████████ ████ ████████ █████ ████ █████████

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