PT129.S1.Q10

PrepTest 129 - Section 1 - Question 10

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Letter to the editor: Recently, the city council passed an ordinance that prohibits loitering at the local shopping mall. ███ █████████ ████████ ████ ███ ██ █████████ ████████████ ███ █████████ ██████████ ███████████ ███████ █████████ ███ ██████ ████████ ███ █████████ ███ ███████████████ ██████ ███ ███████ █████ ███████ ████████ ████████████ ███ ██████████ ██████ ██ ███ ██████ █████ ██ ████ ████████ ███████ ████ ████ █████ ████████████ ███ █████████ █████ ███ ██████████ █████

Summarize Argument: Counter-Position

The letter concludes that the stated goals of the recent ordinance (reducing overcrowding and congestion) aren’t its actual goals. As support, the author of the letter says that the ordinance won’t accomplish these goals.

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author of the letter assumes that the only goals of an action are those that will be achieved. This relationship between goals and achievement isn’t supported elsewhere in the argument, so there is no reason to make this assumption.

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10.

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

a

The argument ignores ███ ███████████ ████ ██ ██████ ███ ███████ ███ █████████ █████ ████ ██ ██ ████ ███ ███████ ███ ███████ ██████

b

The argument takes ███ ███████ ████ █████████ ██████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ██ ██████ █████████ ██████ ███ ██████ ████ ██ ████ ███████ ████ █████

c

The argument dismisses █ █████ ███████ ██ ███ ██████ ██████ ████ ███████ ██ ███ ████████

d

The argument takes ███ ███████ ████ ██ ██████ ████ ████ ███ ██████████ ███ ██████ █████ ████ ███ ████ ███ ██████████ ████████

e

The argument treats █ █████████ ████ ██ █████████ ███ █████████ ██ ████████ ██████ █████ ██ ██ ████ █████████ ████ ██████████ ███ █████████ █████ ██████

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