PT135.S2.Q24

PrepTest 135 - Section 2 - Question 24

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Support Books that present a utopian future in which the inequities and sufferings of the present are replaced by more harmonious and rational social arrangements will always find enthusiastic buyers. █████ ██████ █████ ██████████ ████ ████ ████ ██████████ █████ █████ ██ ███ ███████ ███ ██ ████ ██████ ████ ███ ████████ ██ ██ ████ ████████

Method of Reasoning

The argument presents a conditional relationship (if a book presents a utopian future, then people will buy it). It then concludes that the absence of the sufficient condition (books that don’t present utopian futures) implies the absence of the necessary condition (people won’t buy them).

Identify and Describe Flaw

This argument features the cookie-cutter flaw of confusing a sufficient condition for a necessary condition. It’s still entirely possible to have the necessary condition (people buying the book) without having the sufficient condition (presenting a utopian future), so the absence of the sufficient condition doesn’t support any conclusions.

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24.

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a

Art that portrays ██████ ██ █████ ███ █████████ ███ █ █████████████ ██████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ ██████ ████ ██ █████████ ██ █████ ███ ███ █████ ██ ████████ █████ ██████ ███ ███████ ████ ███ ███ ███████ █████ ███ ████████

b

People who enjoy █████████████ ██ ██████████ ████ ██ ███████ ██ ██████ ███ ████████████ █████ ████████ ████ █████████ ██████ ██ ██████ ██ █████████ █████ ███ ██████ █████ ████ █████████ █████████████ ██ ████████ ███████ ██████ ████ ██ ██ ███ ██ ███ ████ ████ ██ ████ ███████ █████ ██ ███████████

c

Action movies that ███████ ███████████ ███ █████████ ███████████████ ██████ ███ ██████████ █████████ ██ ████████ ██████ █████ ███████████ ████████ ██ ███████ █████ ███████ ██ ████ ███████ ██ ██ ████████ ████ ████ ███ ██████████ ███████████ ██ ████████

d

Adults usually feel █ ████████ █████████ ████ ███████ ███ █████ ████ ████████ ██ ██ ████████████ ███ █████ ███████████ █████ ████ █████ ████████████ ███████ ████ █████ ██ ██████ █████ ████████ ██████ ██████ ██████████ ███ █████ ████ █████ ████████ ████ █████ ██████ ██ ████ ██████████

e

All self-employed businesspeople ████ ████████ ████ █████████ ████ ███ ████████ ██ ███ ███████ ████████ ███ ██████████ ███████████ ███ ███ ██████████████ ██████████ ███ ████████ ████ ██ ██████ ████ ██████████ ████ ███ ████████ ██ ███ ███████ ███████ ██ █ ██████████ ███████████

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