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Re: CR: Political Favor [#permalink]
 06 Apr 2007, 06:18
The conclusion that Drabble would make Lee Head of arts comm is based on two premises -
First: Drabble repays her political debt Quickly
Second: Lee had evinced interest in becoming head of arts comm
What happens if Drabble owes a political debt that had been incurred much prior to the one through Lee? Wouldn't Drabble (in accordance with the First premise) be obligated to fulfill this commitment first?
Second - if it is ALSO true that this earlier commitment could be repaid as suitably by appointment to head arts comm then combining this with the fact that it's a debt of longer standing the conclusion stated in the argument would not hold.
Hence these two must be assumed. I think A must be the answer
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Between A and E I choose E.
B,C...we don't know whether Drabble owes a political debt only to Lee...there could be many others
D is out of scope
A...we don't know whether Drabble has no political debt other than Lee
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My answer is A
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Re: CR: Political Favor [#permalink]
08 Apr 2007, 08:24
prude_sb wrote: Since Mayor Drabble always repays her political debts as soon as possible, she will almost certainly appoint Lee to be the new head of the arts commission. Lee has wanted that job for a long time, and Drabble owes Lee a lot for his support in the last election.
Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
(A) Mayor Drabble has no political debt that is both of longer standing than the one she owes to Lee and could as suitably be repaid by an appointment to be the new head of the arts commission.
(B) There is no one to whom Mayor Drabble owes a greater political debt for support in the last election than the political debt she owes to Lee.
(C) Lee is the only person to whom Mayor Drabble owes a political debt who would be willing to accept an appointment from her as the new head of the arts commission.
(D) Whether Lee is qualified to head the arts commission is irrelevant to Mayor Drabble’s decision.
(E) The only way that Mayor Drabble can adequately repay her political debt to Lee is by appointing him to head the arts commission.
Please provide the reasoning behind your answer
D
please post the OA.
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Re: CR: Political Favor [#permalink]
09 Apr 2007, 10:17
prude_sb wrote: Since Mayor Drabble always repays her political debts as soon as possible, she will almost certainly appoint Lee to be the new head of the arts commission. Lee has wanted that job for a long time, and Drabble owes Lee a lot for his support in the last election.
Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
(A) Mayor Drabble has no political debt that is both of longer standing than the one she owes to Lee and could as suitably be repaid by an appointment to be the new head of the arts commission.
(B) There is no one to whom Mayor Drabble owes a greater political debt for support in the last election than the political debt she owes to Lee.
(C) Lee is the only person to whom Mayor Drabble owes a political debt who would be willing to accept an appointment from her as the new head of the arts commission.
(D) Whether Lee is qualified to head the arts commission is irrelevant to Mayor Drabble’s decision.
(E) The only way that Mayor Drabble can adequately repay her political debt to Lee is by appointing him to head the arts commission.
Please provide the reasoning behind your answer
D
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I have to agree with ncprasad- that is, I think A is correct. D seems totally out of scope. The passage does not mention nor imply the skill level required for the job. What's the OA?
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