PT126.S1.Q18

PrepTest 126 - Section 1 - Question 18

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There is little plausibility to the claim that it is absurd to criticize anyone for being critical. ██████████ ██████ ████ ██████ ███ ███████ ███ ███ ███ ███████████ ████ ██ █████████ ████████ █████ ██ ██████ ██████ ███ ██████████ ███████ █████ ███████████ ██ ██ ██████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ██████ ███████ ███████████ ███ ██ ██ ██ █████ ██ █ ███████ ██████ ██ ██████████████

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It’s important to note here that “critical” and “judgmental” are treated as synonyms in this argument.

With that in mind, the first sentence and the third sentence say the same thing, and they both express the main conclusion: it is okay to criticize/judge people for being critical/judgmental.

Here’s a dialogue that’ll hopefully help. The conclusion is bolded.

Marsha: It’s absurd to criticize/judge people for being critical/judgmental.

John: No it’s not. It’s okay to criticize/judge people for being critical/judgmental.

Marsha: But it’s unavoidable! What am I gonna do, never form any negative opinions about anyone?

John: I repeat, it’s okay to criticize/judge people for being critical/judgmental, because being critical/judgmental isn’t just about forming opinions, it’s about forming opinions without first trying to understand.
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18.

Which one of the following ████ ██████████ █████████ ███ ████ ██████████ █████ ██ ███ █████████

a

To be judgmental ██ ██ ██████ ███████ ██████████ █████ ██ ██████ █ ███████ ██████ ██ ██████████████

This is a premise supporting the idea that criticizing people for being critical is an okay thing to do.

6%
b

It is absurd ██ █████████ ██████ ███ █████ █████████

This is the opposite of the conclusion. According to the author, this claim has little plausibility.

7%
c

There is some ████████████ ██ ███ █████ ████ ██ ██ ██████ ██ █████████ ██████ ███ █████ █████████

This is the opposite of the conclusion. According to the author, the claim has little plausibility.

The first and third sentences say the same thing, and they both express the main conclusion: it is okay to criticize/judge people for being critical/judgmental.

*For those of you thinking (C) should be correct because “there is little chance” implies “there is some chance”, watch this. Lloyd may technically be correct that “one in a million” means “there is a chance,” but that is not Mary’s main point.

18%
d

Not all assessments ██████ ████ ██ ███ ███████ ████ ██ █████████

This is a concession. True, says the argument, making judgments about people is unavoidable, but being judgmental isn’t just making a judgment, it’s making a judgment without trying to understand.

2%
e

There is wisdom ██████ ███ ██████████ ███████ █████ ███████████

The first and third sentences say the same thing, and they both express the main conclusion: it is okay to criticize/judge people for being critical/judgmental.

67%

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