PT106.S3.Q14

PrepTest 106 - Section 3 - Question 14

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If citizens do not exercise their right to vote, then democratic institutions will crumble and, as a consequence, much valuable social cohesion will be lost. ██ ███████ ███ ████████ ████ ███ ████ ████ ██ █████████████ ██████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ██ █████████ ███ ███ ████ ████████ ███ ██████ ███████ ██ █████ ███████ ██ ██████ ███████ ██ █████ ██ ███ ██ ████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ████ ██ ███ ██ ████████ ████ ██ █████ ███████ ██ ██████ █████ ██ ████████ █████████ █████████ ███████ █████ ██ ██████████ ██ █████ ████ ███████ ██████ █ ██████ █████████ ███ ██ ███ ████ ██ █ ██████ ██████ ██ ██████ ██ ████ ██ █████████████ ██████ ████ ████████

Summarize Argument

The author wants to convince us that we should vote. That conclusion isn’t outright stated, but the rest of the argument supports it. The author tells us that if no one voted, democracy would fail and society would crumble. Why is that relevant when considering a single vote? Because any action which would be harmful if lots of people did it is also wrong for any individual to do. This principle is supported with the analogy of dishonesty: not too impactful on a small scale, but we still consider it wrong.

Broken down, the logic looks like: actions that would be bad for everyone to do are wrong for individuals; not voting is such an action. So (implied), not voting is wrong.

Identify Conclusion

The conclusion in this argument is implied, not explicitly stated: citizens should exercise their right to vote.

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14.

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a

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b

Dishonest acts and ███████ ██ ████ ███ ███████ █████████

c

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d

A single person's ████ ██ ████████ ███ ███ ██ ████ ████ █ █████ ████ ██ ███████████

e

Large-scale dishonesty and ███████ ██ ██████ ████ ████ ██ ███████████ ██ ██████████ ███ █████ ██████████

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