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Author Argument Literary Geniuses who known for sad poetry have unusually high suicidal tendencies.
New medicine will reduce this suicidal tendencies, by reducing this feeling of sadness.
Conclusion-> however, any use of such medicine by these literary geniuses will be a loss to the poetic world.

Assumption-> Literary geniuses sadness leads to high suicidal tendencies and due to this they are able to produce sad poetry.

A. Literary geniuses know for their sad poetry differ in the intensity of their suicidal tendencies. The different suicidal tendencies among literary geniuses will lead to some geniuses able to write sad poetry, without the need of new medicine, and this will not be a loss to the poetic world.

B. The medicine directly impacts the poetic creativity of an individual. Argument is about literary genius and not individuals.

C. The sadness felt by the literary geniuses contributes to the poetic value of their work.
True, if they will not feel sad they will not have suicidal tendencies and not able to produce sad poetry which will be a loss to the poetic world.

D. The medicine can alter suicidal tendencies to different extents in different individuals. Again individuals are used, but argument is about literary geniuses. Also if medicine alters suicidal tendencies differently than it may be possible that some literary geniuses still able to write sad poetry under medication.

E. Suicidal tendencies are not present in people who do not write sad poetry.
Argument is about literary genius who write sad poetry, if they are not having suicidal tendencies than there is no need of medicine and this will not have any impact on the poetic world.
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Literary geniuses known for their sad poetry have unusually high suicidal tendencies. A new medicine has been proven to be able to cure such tendencies by easing the feeling of sadness; however, any use of such medicine by these literary geniuses will be a loss to the poetic world.

The argument is based on which one of the following assumptions?

A. Literary geniuses know for their sad poetry differ in the intensity of their suicidal tendencies.
B. The medicine directly impacts the poetic creativity of an individual.
C. The sadness felt by the literary geniuses contributes to the poetic value of their work.
D. The medicine can alter suicidal tendencies to different extents in different individuals.
E. Suicidal tendencies are not present in people who do not write sad poetry.

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