PT121.S4.Q21

PrepTest 121 - Section 4 - Question 21

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Sociologist: Traditional norms in our society prevent sincerity by requiring one to ignore unpleasant realities and tell small lies. ███ █ █████████ █████ ███████ ██ ███ █████ ███ ███████ ██████ ████████ ███ ██ █ █████████ ██ ██ ████████ ███ ███████ ████ ██ ███████ ██ ████ ██████████ █████████ ███ █████ █████ ████ █████████

Summary

For a community to succeed, its members must face unpleasant realities and talk about them honestly. Why? A community whose members don’t trust one another can’t succeed.

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The argument says that for a community to succeed its members must trust each other, then concludes that for a community to succeed its members must, therefore, face unpleasant realities and speak about them honestly. We can infer the argument’s conclusion if we assume that for a community’s members to trust each other, they must be willing to face unpleasant realities and speak about them honestly.

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21.

The sociologist's conclusion follows logically ██ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ████████

a

Sincerity is required ██ █████████ ███████ ███ ██ █████ ████ ██████

b

The more sincere ███ ████ █████████ ███████ ████ ███ ████ ██████ ████ █████████ ██ ██ ████████

c

A community sometimes ███ ███████ ████ ██ ███ ███████ █████████ ██ ███████████ ██████

d

Unless a community's ███████ ███ ███████ ██ ████ ██████████ ██████████ ████ ██████ ██ ████████

e

A community's failure ██ █████ ██████ ██ ███ ████████ █████████████ ██ ████ ██████████ █████████ ███ ██ ███████ ████ █████████

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