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LR Question Stems Flashcards

1
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Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion of the argument?

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Main Point

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Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion of the editorialist’s argument?

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Main Point

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Which one of the following best expresses the main point of the argument?

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Main Point

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The point of Travers’s rejoinder to Dillworth’s argument is that

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Main Point

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In the argument, the statement that many comic scenes in Mozart’s operas open with violin phrases that sound like the squeaking of changing scenery is offered in support of the claim that 


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Main Point

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The overall conclusion of the historian’s argument is that

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Main Point

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The claim that foreign capital funneled into the economy would cause inflation plays which one of the following roles in the government official’s argument?

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Role of Statement

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The claim that bureaucratic mechanisms are engineered to resist change plays which one of the following roles in the argument?

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Role of Statement

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The claim that ambiguity inspires interpretation figures in the argument in which one of the following ways?

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Role of Statement

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The claim that cloning will not produce adults with identical personalities plays which one of the following roles in the geneticist’s argument?

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Role of Statement

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The statistics cited function in the argument to

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Role of Statement

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The assertion that a later artist tampered with Veronese’s painting serves which one of the following functions in the curator’s argument?

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Role of Statement

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13
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Yvette responds to Xavier by

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Method of Argument

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14
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Carla does which one of the following in disputing Mark’s position?

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Method of Argument

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15
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Aiesha responds to Adam’s argument by

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Method of Argument

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Ruth uses which one of the following argumentative techniques in countering Joanna’s argument?

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Method of Argument

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17
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The argument criticizing the newspaper article employs which one of the following strategies?

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Method of Argument

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18
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The linguist’s argument proceeds by

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Method of Argument

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19
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Which one of the following is a technique of reasoning used in the argument?

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Method of Argument

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20
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The argument derives its conclusion by

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Method of Argument

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21
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The argument in the passage proceeds by doing which one of the following?

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Method of Argument

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22
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The argument seeks to do which one of the following?

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Method of Argument

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23
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The journalist argues by

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Method of Argument

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Which one of the following exhibits flawed reasoning most nearly parallel to that exhibited in the argument above?

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Parallel/Parallel Flaw

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Which one of the following is most similar in its reasoning to the argument above?

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Parallel/Parallel Flaw

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26
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The flawed pattern of reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the following?

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Parallel/Parallel Flaw

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27
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Which one of the following contains questionable reasoning that is most similar to that in the argument above?

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Parallel/Parallel Flaw

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28
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Which one of the following decisions is based on flawed reasoning that is most similar to the worker’s flawed reasoning?

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Parallel/Parallel Flaw

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29
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Which one of the following arguments is most similar in its reasoning to the argument above?

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Parallel/Parallel Flaw

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30
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Which one of the following is an assumption required by the researcher’s argument?

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Necessary Assumption

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31
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Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?

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Necessary Assumption

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32
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Which of the following is an assumption made by the author?

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Necessary Assumption

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33
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Which one of the following is an assumption that the argument above makes?

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Necessary Assumption

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34
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An assumption made in the argument is that there are no

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Necessary Assumption

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35
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The reason given for the structure of the Security Council assumes that

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Necessary Assumption

36
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Which one of the following must the television station assume in order to conclude that the plan will meet it’s stated purpose?

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Necessary Assumption

37
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Which one of the following is an assumption that would allow the conclusion above to be properly drawn? 


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Sufficient Assumption

38
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The test results would provide the proof that the manufacturer claims they do if which one of the following is assumed?

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Sufficient Assumption

39
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Which of the following enables the conclusion above to follow logically?

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Sufficient Assumption

40
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Which one of the following is a reasoning error made in the argument?

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Flaw

41
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Which one of the following is a flaw in the broadcaster’s defense of the radio station’s practice?

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Flaw

42
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The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument

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Flaw

43
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The author of the book review commits which one of the following reasoning errors?

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Flaw

44
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Sid’s argument is questionable in that it

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Flaw

45
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The inference drawn above is unwarranted because 


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Flaw

46
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The attorney’s argument is fallacious because it reasons that

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Flaw

47
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The argument is most vulnerable to the criticism that it

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Flaw

48
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Which one of the following is the logically strongest counter that Joe can make?

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Strengthen/Weaken

49
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Which one of the following, if true, would cast the most doubt on the argument above?

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Strengthen/Weaken

50
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Which one of the following statements, if added to the argument, most helps to justify its conclusion?

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Strengthen/Weaken

51
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Which one of the following, if true, most strongly indicates that current enforcement of automobile- emission standards might be ineffective in controlling overall pollutant levels?

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Strengthen/Weaken

52
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Which one of the following, if true, would most call into question the analysts’ explanation of the price increase?

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Strengthen/Weaken

53
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The statements above, if true, most support which one of the following?

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Inference

54
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If all of the statements above are true, which one of the following CANNOT be true?

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Inference

55
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Which one of the following inferences is most strongly supported by the rules described above?

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Inference

56
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Which one of the following most logically completes the passage?

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Inference

57
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Each of the following is supported by the information above EXCEPT:

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Inference

58
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If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?

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Inference

59
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The passage above best supports which one of the following conclusions about people who diet to lose weight?

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Inference

60
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On the basis of their statements, Ilana and Gustav are committed to disagreeing over whether

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Point at Issue

61
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Antonio and Marla disagree over 


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Point at Issue

62
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The point at issue between Aaron and Belinda is whether

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Point at Issue

63
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Azadeh’s and Ben’s statements provide the most support for holding that they disagree about whether

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Point at Issue

64
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The main issue in dispute between Francis and Sharon is

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Point at Issue

65
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Which of the following propositions conforms to the statements above?

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ID Principle

66
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Which of the following generalizations conforms to the situation above?

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ID Principle

67
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Which one of the following propositions is best illustrated by the passage? 


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ID Principle

68
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The information above conforms most closely to which one of the following principles?

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ID Principle

69
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The reasoning above conforms most closely to which one of the following propositions?

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Principle-Assumption

70
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The reasoning above conforms most closely to which one of the following propositions?

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Principle-Assumption

71
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Mr. Smith’s daughter’s decision conforms to which one of the following principles?

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Principle-Assumption

72
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Which of the following best expresses the principle that underlies the argument above?

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Principle-Assumption

73
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Which one of the following principles, if established, provides a basis for the advocate’s argument?

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Principle-Strengthen

74
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Which one of the following principles, if valid, justifies the archaeologist’s argument?

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Principle-Strengthen

75
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Which one of the following principles, if established, provides the strongest justification for the department chair’s refusal, on the ground she gives, to sign the protest letter?

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Principle-Strengthen

76
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Which one of the following, if true, most justifies the stated application of the principle?

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Principle-Strengthen

77
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Which one of the following judgments most closely conforms to the principle cited above?

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Apply Principle

78
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Which one of the following is an application of the politician’s principle of taxation?

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Apply Principle

79
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The principle above, if valid, most justifies which one of the following judgments?

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Apply Principle

80
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Which one of the following best illustrates the principle illustrated by the argument above?

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Parallel Principle

81
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Of the following, which one illustrates a principle that is most similar to the principle illustrated by the passage?

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Parallel Principle

82
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Which one of the following, if true, does the most to reconcile the apparent conflict in the moral system described above? 


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Paradox

83
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Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the difference in the ages of the cedars on cliff faces and those in forests?

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Paradox

84
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Each of the following, if true, helps to resolve the apparent conflict in the passage EXCEPT:

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Paradox

85
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Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain why raisins contain more iron per calorie than do grapes?

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Paradox

86
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Each of the following, if true, could explain the decrease described above EXCEPT: 


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Paradox

87
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Which one of the following provides a resolution to the apparent inconsistency described by the council member?

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Paradox

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