With this new update, all of my priorities now show up as ‘low to lowest priority.’ How should I interpret this, does it mean I should just study everything equally? Would it be possible to add a feature where users can set a goal score range in analytics? If not, could it instead sort by frequency of question type or some other metric that would make the analytics more actionable for study strategy? Right now it makes it unclear how to actually progress to my desired range.

edit: When I exclude my drills from analytics it goes back to showing question types as "high" or "highest" priority, so if anyone else is in my situation, that change seems to make a big difference.

I thought that with rule/principal questions, we can only select something that triggers the rule, not something that assumes the reverse. For example, here the critic says:

The aesthetic value of a work lies in its ability to impart a stimulating character to the audience’s experience.

So I figured we could only conclude that if a work is stimulating it has aesthetic value, but not that a work lacking stimulation lacks aesthetic value. Yet the correct answer lets us make that call.

Is this supposed to be treated as a contrapositive? On principle questions, is the contrapositive always valid, or does it depend on how the rule is worded? In retrospect, I guess “aesthetic value” is meant to be binary (either it has it or it doesn’t), but when is it safe to make the leap that the condition is binary? I’ve missed a “perfect vs. imperfect” principle questions for the same reason, I get hesitant to make a definitive either/or judgment when the stimulus doesn’t spell it out.

I misread A and thought it was talking about recouping the cost of stolen routines (from the people who stole the jokes?).

However upon rereading the AC, it says it is recouping the cost of developing the routines. So the cost would be time/effort to develop the routine, which I think is a reasonable interpretation. Then recouping the cost is being able to practice the routines without fear of it being stolen, due to social norms.

I didn’t pick B because it felt too obvious. Is it generally safe to choose an answer if it seems obvious, especially on the earlier questions? I’m trying to avoid overthinking, but I also don’t want to fall for trap answer choices that seem correct at first glance but are wrong in a subtle way.

Is one way to eliminate B, C, and D that they’re prescriptive while the stimulus isn’t?

My reasoning was: “ideally” and “preferred” match, so A works. B, C, D were all prescriptive so they didn’t . Then E was just too strong.

For MSS questions (or really any type), is it a sound strategy to reject prescriptive answers when the stimulus itself isn’t prescriptive? And does my “ideally -> preferred” connection make sense as a way to spot a correct answer?