Marian Anderson, the famous contralto, did not take success for grante

Question

Marian Anderson, the famous contralto, did not take success for granted. We know this because Anderson had to struggle early in life, and anyone who has to struggle early in life is able to keep a good perspective on the world.

The conclusion of the argument follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?

A. Anyone who succeeds takes success for granted.

B. Anyone who is able to keep a good perspective on the world does not take success for granted.

C. Anyone who is able to keep a good perspective on the world has to struggle early in life.

D. Anyone who does not success for granted has to struggle early in life.

E. Anyone who does not take success for granted is able to keep a good perspective on the world.

anordinaryguy · Accepted Answer

Marian Anderson, the famous contralto, did not take success for granted (A). We know this because Anderson had to struggle early in life, and anyone who has to struggle early in life (B) is able to keep a good perspective on the world (C).

as per argument
If   B   than   C  
Because  B , so  A

combining these --> If   C   than   A

So answer, I think, should be
B. Anyone who is able to keep a good perspective on the world does not take success for granted.

Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

The structure of the argument is:

Premise: Anyone who has to struggle early in life is able to keep a good perspective on the world. 
Premise: Anderson had to struggle early in life. 
Conclusion: Marian Anderson, the famous contralto, did not take success for granted. A mechanistic analysis reveals that “Anderson” is common to the conclusion and a premise, and “struggle early in life” is common to the two premises. Thus, we would not expect to see either in the correct answer. New elements that should be in the correct answer are “able to keep a good perspective on the world” and “did not take success for granted.” Only answer choices (B) and (E) contain both elements.

Since (B) and (E) are Reversals of each other, let us look at the conditional relationship present in the stimulus:

Premise: Struggle early in life able to keep a good perspective on the world. 
Premise: Struggle early in life Anderson. 
Conclusion: Did not take success for granted Anderson.

Clearly, we need a connection that moves from “able to keep a good perspective on the world” to “did not take success for granted,” such as the following: able to keep a good perspective on the world did not take success for granted. This relationship, which is the same as that presented in answer choice (B), ultimately creates a chain that can be used to prove the conclusion: struggle - keep a good perspective - did not take success for granted. The addition of the premise “Anderson struggled early in life” to the chain above yields the conclusion “Anderson did not take success for granted.” Hence, answer choice (B) is correct.

Answer choice (E) is a Mistaken Reversal of the correct answer.

fluke · Answer

Everyone who struggles-keep good perspective.
If someone who struggled becomes famous.
That someone will definitely not take success for granted.

Because,
Anyone who is able to keep a good perspective on the world does not take success for granted.

Ans: "B"

pike · Answer

Clear B. There's a massive jump in logic going on which sticks out. B ties it all together.

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gijoedude · Answer

What's wrong with E? That's the one I picked at first.

RohitKalla · Answer

Causal fallacy. E reverses the causal mechanism.

"Marian Anderson, the famous contralto, did not take success for granted. We know this  because  Anderson had to struggle early in life, and  anyone who has to struggle early in life is able to keep a good perspective on the world."

Success not taken for granted  because - Struggle early in life (which always means- Good perspective)

So, if good perspective is present, success not taken granted will definitely be there.

i.e,

good perspective => Success not taken for granted.

This is clearly stated in B. E is reverse of this.

nikhilsamuel89 · Answer

Struggle and good perspective are in correlation. Nothing mentioned about which one caused the other.i.e., the effect is not causal.

S -------- GP

If you Struggle(S), then you will not take success for granted(NSG)

S --------> NSG

Finally,  (S ------- GP) -------> NSG

Keep in mind, Reverse of this is not true. similarly, establishing a causal relationship where only a correlation is mentioned is not correct.

A. Anyone who succeeds takes success for granted.  Irrelevant 
B. Anyone who is able to keep a good perspective on the world does not take success for granted.  GP ------> NSG 
C. Anyone who is able to keep a good perspective on the world has to struggle early in life.  GP ------> S (No causal relation mentioned. Hence, not true) 
D. Anyone who does not success for granted has to struggle early in life.
 NSG ------> S(Reverse true) 
E. Anyone who does not take success for granted is able to keep a good perspective on the world.
 NSG ------> GP(Again, revers is true)

Icecream87 · Answer

I believe this is out of GMAT scope, being a conditional reasoning "justify the conclusion" LSAT question
We want to make the conclusion "Maria A. did not take success for granted" 100% true

Premise 1: Anderson struggled in life
Premise 2: Anyone who has to struggle is able to keep a good perspective.

We have to find the missing premise that makes our conclusion 100% true.
Premise 3 would be : anyone able to keep a good perspective does not take success for granted

Now look at the answers

anairamitch1804 · Answer

The conclusion is that Marian Anderson, the famous contralto, did not take success for granted. What is are evidence that success is not taken for granted? We know that Anderson has struggled and so keeps a good perspective on the world. Now, we know that she has a good perspective and from this we need to be able to conclude that she does not take success for granted. This is precisely what B states.

NikGujju · Answer

Premise: Anyone who has to... Premise:Anderson...Conclusion: He did not take the success fro granted. Both Anderson and success is common to premise and conclusion, so we will not see both in the correct answer. 
Let us see Answer choice B : we need a connection that moves from “able to keep a good perspective on the world” to “did not take success for granted,” such as the following: able to keep a good perspective on the world ı did not take success for granted. This relationship, which is the same as that presented in answer choice (B)

Adi93 · Answer

Can any one explain why E is wrong?
I am unable to decode.
I narrowed it down to B and E and selected E.
I understand that B looks good but unable to understand why E is wrong?
Please help

Regards,
Adi

GMATNinja · Answer

The author concludes that Marian Anderson did not take success for granted. How does the author arrive at this conclusion?

"Anderson had to struggle early in life." 
 "Anyone who has to struggle early in life is able to keep a good perspective on the world." 
 Since Anderson had to struggle early in life, we can safely conclude that Anderson can keep a good perspective on the world.

But does keeping a good perspective on the world mean that you do not take success for granted? If so, then the author's reasoning is sound. If not, then there is a gap in the author's logic.

So what's the difference between (B) and (E)?

If you do not take success for granted then you are able to keep a good perspective on the world. But that does not necessarily mean that the opposite is true. Just because you keep a good perspective, does not necessarily mean that you do not take success for granted.

If that's unclear, think of the following example: "Anyone who is a professional basketball player is strong." Now, does that mean that anyone who is strong is a professional basketball player? Of course not.

So choice (E) guarantees that people who do not take success for granted can keep a good perspective, but it does not guarantee that people who keep a good perspective will not take success for granted.

Choice (B), on the other hand, guarantees that people who keep a good perspective will not take success for granted. This fills the gap in the author's logic, so (B) is the best answer.

unraveled · Answer

Marian Anderson, the famous contralto, did not take success for granted. We know this because Anderson had to struggle early in life, and anyone who has to struggle early in life is able to keep a good perspective on the world.

The conclusion of the argument follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?

A. Anyone  who succeeds takes success for granted.  - WRONG. Scope irrelevant.

B. Anyone who is able to keep a good perspective on the world  does not take success for granted . - CORRECT. If not then passage breaks.

C. Anyone who is able to keep a good perspective on the world  has to struggle early in life . - WRONG. B ----> A. Causality broken.

D. Anyone who does not success for granted  has to struggle early in life . - WRONG. C ----> A. Causality broken

E. Anyone who does not take success for granted is  able to keep a good perspective  on the world. - WRONG. Reversed situation, causality broken. C ----> B is wrong.

struggle early in life = A
able to keep a good perspective = B
did not take success for granted = C

From Passage A ----> B
Also, C takes a leap of faith after B is confirmed.
So, there must be something that helps it take.

Answer B.

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