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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

(A) Yes. The passage defines categories: everyone is poor or rich, honest or dishonest, a farmer or a non-farmer. It then states that all poor farmers are honest; in other words, there are no dishonest poor farmers. It then concludes that all rich farmers are dishonest; in other words, there are no honest rich farmers. We can represent these statements as follows (where the crossed-out boxes indicate those combinations that do not exist):



From the table, we see that the passage assumes that every farmer who is honest is also poor.

(B) No. The passage defines categories: everyone is poor or rich, honest or dishonest, a farmer or a nonfarmer. It then states that all poor farmers are honest; in other words, there are no dishonest poor farmers. It then concludes that all rich farmers are dishonest; in other words, there are no honest rich farmers. We can represent these statements as follows (where the crossed-out boxes indicate those combinations that do not exist):



From the table, we see that the passage allows for honest people who are not farmers—namely, some poor and rich non-farmers).

(C) No. The passage defines categories: everyone is poor or rich, honest or dishonest, a farmer or a nonfarmer. It then states that all poor farmers are honest; in other words, there are no dishonest poor farmers. It then concludes that all rich farmers are dishonest; in other words, there are no honest rich farmers. We can represent these statements as follows (where the crossed-out boxes indicate those combinations that do not exist):



From the table, we see that the passage allows for dishonest people who are not rich farmers—namely, some poor and rich non-farmers).

(D) No. The passage defines categories: everyone is poor or rich, honest or dishonest, a farmer or a nonfarmer. It then states that all poor farmers are honest; in other words, there are no dishonest poor farmers. It then concludes that all rich farmers are dishonest; in other words, there are no honest rich farmers. We can represent these statements as follows (where the crossed-out boxes indicate those combinations that do not exist):



From the table, we see that the passage allows for people who are both poor and dishonest—namely, some non-farmers).

(E) No. The passage defines categories: everyone is poor or rich, honest or dishonest, a farmer or a nonfarmer. It then states that all poor farmers are honest; in other words, there are no dishonest poor farmers. It then concludes that all rich farmers are dishonest; in other words, there are no honest rich farmers. We can represent these statements as follows (where the crossed-out boxes indicate those combinations that do not exist):



From the table, we see that the passage allows for poor people who are not farmers.