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25 Questions
Directions: The questions in this section are based on
the reasoning contained in brief statements or
passages. For some questions, more than one of the
choices could conceivably answer the question.
However, you are to choose the best answer; that is,
the response that most accurately and completely
answers the question. You should not make
assumptions that are by commonsense standards
implausible, superfluous, or incompatible with the
passage. After you have chosen the best answer, circle
the corresponding letter on your answer sheet.
1. Mayor: There has been a long debate in city
council about how to accommodate projected
increases in automobile traffic. Today, our choice
is clear: either we adopt my plan to build a new
expressway, or we do nothing. Doing nothing is
not a viable option because our existing system
of roads would be in gridlock within ten years
given even a conservative estimate of future
traffic levels. City council should therefore adopt
my plan.
The reasoning in the mayor’s argument is most
vulnerable to which one of the following criticisms?
(A) It bases a projection only on conservative
estimates rather than considering a wider
range of estimates.
(B) It takes for granted that the options it
considers are mutually exclusive.
(C) It fails to consider the possibility that the rate
of increase in traffic will start to diminish
after ten years.
(D) It fails to address the issue of the cost of
traffic gridlock to the city
’s economy.
(E) It presents a choice that is limited to two
options, without giving reasons for not
considering any other options.
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2. Museum curator: Our ancient Egyptian collection
includes an earthenware hippopotamus that
resembles a child’s toy. It was discovered in a
tomb, upside down, with its legs broken off. We
know that the ancient Egyptians believed the
dead had to wage eternal war with beasts.
Breaking the legs off a representation of an
animal was thought to help a deceased person in
this war. We conclude that, far from being a toy,
this hippopotamus was a religious object.
Which one of the following is an assumption
required by the curator’s argument?
(A) The tomb in which the hippopotamus was
found was not the tomb of a child.
(B) Earthenware figures were never used as
children’s toys in ancient Egypt.
(C) The tomb in which the hippopotamus was
found was not reentered from the time of
burial until archaeologists opened it.
(D) The hippopotamus’ legs were not broken
through some natural occurrence after it was
placed in the tomb.
(E) The hippopotamus was originally placed
upside down in the tomb.
3. Lawyer: Juries are traditionally given their
instructions in convoluted, legalistic language.
The verbiage is intended to make the instructions
more precise, but greater precision is of little use
if most jurors have difficulty understanding the
instructions. Since it is more important for jurors
to have a basic but adequate understanding of
their role than it is for the details of that role to
be precisely specified, jury instructions should
be formulated in simple, easily comprehensible
language.
Each of the following, if true, strengthens the
lawyer’s argument EXCEPT:
(A) Most jurors are less likely to understand
instructions given in convoluted, legalistic
language than instructions given in simple,
easily comprehensible language.
(B) Most jurors do not have an adequate
understanding of their role after being
given jury instructions in convoluted,
legalistic language.
(C) Jury instructions formulated in simple, easily
comprehensible language can adequately
describe the role of the jurors.
(D) The details of the role of the jurors cannot be
specified with complete precision in simple,
easily comprehensible language.
(E) Jurors do not need to know the precise details
of their role in order to have an adequate
understanding of that role.
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