PT150.S3.Q20

PrepTest 150 - Section 3 - Question 20

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History student: Conclusion It is unfair for the History Department to prohibit students from citing certain online encyclopedias in their research papers merely because these sources are not peer reviewed. ██ █████ █████████ ████████ ██████ ██ ███████ ██ ████ ████████ ████ █████ ██████████ ██ ██ ███████████

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Speaker 1 Summary

The student says it’s unfair for the History Department to ban students from citing online encyclopedias. Why is it unfair? Because students should be allowed to read anything they want. This is further supported by a claim that to limit this freedom would be censorship. (The unspoken assumption is that prohibiting citing encyclopedias counts as not allowing the students to read them.)

Speaker 2 Summary

The professor argues that students are, in fact, allowed to read whatever they want. In support, the professor says that the rule only bans citing the encyclopedias. (This indicates that the professor believes a ban on citing something is different from a ban on reading it.)

Objective

We’re looking for a point of disagreement. The student and professor disagree about whether banning students from citing a source counts as banning them from reading that source.

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