PT113.S3.Q22

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PrepTest 113 - Section 3 - Question 22

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Summary

There is no evidence that the author of a novel intended an allegorical reading of that novel, therefore readers should read that novel as being nonallegorical.

Notable Assumptions

The argument moves from a claim that there isn’t evidence proving a novel as intended to be an allegory to a claim that readers therefore should not view it as being allegorical. In so doing, it assumes that readers should not take a book to be allegorical unless there is specific evidence that was in fact the author’s intention. We’re therefore looking for some principle that satisfies that assumption, and explains why readers can’t just decide the novel is allegorical even without evidence that was the author’s intention.

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Wrong trigger. This argument isn’t claiming that a reader should always choose a nonallegorical reading in every case, but rather suggesting that in this specific case, because of a lack of evidence for an allegorical intention, they should read this novel as being nonallegorical.

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Wrong trigger. The argument is not about what genre to place a novel in, and is about a lack of evidence for the author’s intention, not the author’s stated intention.

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Leads to the wrong conclusion. The argument seems to suggest that the allegorical reading is the more favorable reading, but concludes that readers should choose the nonallegorical reading.

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This connects the premise to the conclusion. It explains why readers, in this specific case where there is no evidence regarding the author’s intention, should choose to read the novel nonallegorically.

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Leads to the wrong conclusion. The argument is suggesting that readers should step away from the text and look at the evidence regarding the author’s intentions instead.

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77% of people who answer get this correct

This is a moderately difficult question.

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Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right

25% 138

151

75% 164

Analysis

Question Stem Tags

Principle

PSA - find the rule

Stimulus Tags

Lack of support v. false conclusion

Rule-application

Answer Popularity

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155

19%

163

159

77%

167

156

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