PT158.S2.Q22

PrepTest 158 - Section 2 - Question 22

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Method of Reasoning

The argument proceeds by referring to the basic criteria required to be considered a friend (kindness, offering help/companionship), then concludes that Devan is an enemy since he fails to meet these criteria.

Identify and Describe Flaw

This argument creates a false dichotomy. It assumes that Devon must be an enemy since he doesn’t qualify as a friend. However, these should not be considered the only two possible categories to place Devon in. He could also be a stranger, acquaintance, coworker, etc.

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22.

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a

Each officer of ████ ████ ████ ██ █ ██████ ██ ███ █████ █████████ ██ ██ █ █████████ ███████ ██ ████ ███████ ███████████████ ██████ ██████ ██ ██ ████████ ███ ███ ███ ████ ████ █ ██████ ███ ███ ████ ███ ██ ███ █ █████████ ███████

b

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c

This book has ████ ██████ ████████ ███ ██████ ████████ ████ ███ ███████ ███████ █████ ██ ███ ████████ █████ ██ ████ ███ ███ ███████ ████ █████ ████ █████

d

A decision in █████ ██ ██████████ ███ ████████ ██████ ██ ███ ████ █████████ ███████ ████ ██ █████ ██ ███████ ██████████ ██ ███████ ███ █████████ ████████ ██ ███████ ████████ ███ ██ ██ ████████ ████ ██ █████ ███ ██ █████ █████ ███████ ████ ████ ██ ██████████

e

If everyone were ██ ███████ █████ ██ █████████ ████ ███████ █████ ████ ████████ ██ █ █████ ███ ████ ██████ ███ ███ █████ ██ ████████ ███ ███ █████ ████ █████████ ██ ███ ████████ ██████████ ███ ███████ ████ ███ ████ ████████ ██ █ █████

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