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Critic: The contemporary novel is incapable of making important new contributions. The evidence is clear. Contemporary psychological novels have been failures. Contemporary action novels lack any social significance. And contemporary romance novels are stale and formulaic.
The flawed reasoning in the critic's argument is most similar to that in which one of the following?
(A) Since no government has been able to regulate either employment or inflation very closely, it is impossible for any government to improve its nation's economy.
(B) Because there has been substantial progress in recent years in making machines more efficient, it is only a matter of time before we invent a perpetual motion machine.
(C) The essayist Macaulay was as widely read in his time as Dickens, but has been neglected since. Thus writers who are popular today are likely to be forgotten in the future.
(D) This politician has not made any proposals for dealing with the problem of unemployment and thus must not think the problem is important.
(E) In international commerce, the corporations that are best suited for success are large and multinational. Thus small corporations cannot compete at the international level.
The flawed reasoning in the critic's argument is most similar to that in which one of the following?
(A) Since no government has been able to regulate either employment or inflation very closely, it is impossible for any government to improve its nation's economy.
(B) Because there has been substantial progress in recent years in making machines more efficient, it is only a matter of time before we invent a perpetual motion machine.
(C) The essayist Macaulay was as widely read in his time as Dickens, but has been neglected since. Thus writers who are popular today are likely to be forgotten in the future.
(D) This politician has not made any proposals for dealing with the problem of unemployment and thus must not think the problem is important.
(E) In international commerce, the corporations that are best suited for success are large and multinational. Thus small corporations cannot compete at the international level.
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Critic: The contemporary novel is incapable of making important new contributions. The evidence is clear. Contemporary psychological novels have been failures. Contemporary action novels lack any social significance. And contemporary romance novels are stale and formulaic.
The flawed reasoning in the critic's argument is most similar to that in which one of the following?
The critic concludes that the contemporary novel as a whole cannot make important new contributions based only on problems with three kinds of contemporary novels. The flaw is overgeneralizing from limited categories: psychological, action, and romance novels do not necessarily represent all contemporary novels.
(A) Since no government has been able to regulate either employment or inflation very closely, it is impossible for any government to improve its nation's economy.
Correct. This has the same flaw. It concludes that governments cannot improve the economy based only on their inability to control two economic factors. But employment and inflation are not necessarily the only ways to improve an economy.
(B) Because there has been substantial progress in recent years in making machines more efficient, it is only a matter of time before we invent a perpetual motion machine.
Wrong. This is flawed prediction based on progress, not overgeneralization from limited categories.
(C) The essayist Macaulay was as widely read in his time as Dickens, but has been neglected since. Thus writers who are popular today are likely to be forgotten in the future.
Wrong. This generalizes from one historical case, but the structure is not the same as judging an entire field from a few subcategories.
(D) This politician has not made any proposals for dealing with the problem of unemployment and thus must not think the problem is important.
Wrong. This infers a belief from lack of action. That is a different flaw.
(E) In international commerce, the corporations that are best suited for success are large and multinational. Thus small corporations cannot compete at the international level.
Wrong. This confuses “best suited” with “only able to succeed.” That is not the same flaw as the original.
Answer: (A)
The flawed reasoning in the critic's argument is most similar to that in which one of the following?
The critic concludes that the contemporary novel as a whole cannot make important new contributions based only on problems with three kinds of contemporary novels. The flaw is overgeneralizing from limited categories: psychological, action, and romance novels do not necessarily represent all contemporary novels.
(A) Since no government has been able to regulate either employment or inflation very closely, it is impossible for any government to improve its nation's economy.
Correct. This has the same flaw. It concludes that governments cannot improve the economy based only on their inability to control two economic factors. But employment and inflation are not necessarily the only ways to improve an economy.
(B) Because there has been substantial progress in recent years in making machines more efficient, it is only a matter of time before we invent a perpetual motion machine.
Wrong. This is flawed prediction based on progress, not overgeneralization from limited categories.
(C) The essayist Macaulay was as widely read in his time as Dickens, but has been neglected since. Thus writers who are popular today are likely to be forgotten in the future.
Wrong. This generalizes from one historical case, but the structure is not the same as judging an entire field from a few subcategories.
(D) This politician has not made any proposals for dealing with the problem of unemployment and thus must not think the problem is important.
Wrong. This infers a belief from lack of action. That is a different flaw.
(E) In international commerce, the corporations that are best suited for success are large and multinational. Thus small corporations cannot compete at the international level.
Wrong. This confuses “best suited” with “only able to succeed.” That is not the same flaw as the original.
Answer: (A)
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