PT149.S1.Q14

PrepTest 149 - Section 1 - Question 14

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Debate coach: Britta's command of the historical facts was better than Robert's, and that led to the distinct impression that Britta won the debate. ███ ████ ████ █████████ ██ ████████ ███ ██████████ ███ █████████ █████████ █████ ██████████ ██ █████ ███████ ██ █████ ███ █████ ██ ████ ██ █████ ██████████ ████ ███ ████ ████ ████ ██████████████ ████████ ██████ ███████████ ███ ██ ████ ██ █████████

Summary

Robert’s performance was on par with Britta’s even though she was better in one regard, because performance evaluation should include reasonableness of the arguments.

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If reasonableness is why Robert’s performance is as good as Britta’s, when before, Britta seemed to be superior, then we are assuming something about Robert’s reasonableness. If Robert’s reasonableness brought him from a deficit up to equality, then his arguments must have been more reasonable than Britta’s.

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14.

The debate coach's argument depends ██ ███ ██████████ ████

a

Britta's arguments were █████ ████████████

b

Robert's arguments were ████ ██████████ ████ ████████

c

good debate performances ███████ ████ ██████████ █████████

d

neither Britta nor ██████ ███ ██ ████ ███████ ██ ███ █████

e

winning a debate ████████ ██████ █ ████ ███████ ██ ███ █████

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