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Marianne is a professional chess player who hums audibly while playing her matches, thereby distracting her opponents. When ordered by chess officials to cease humming or else be disqualified from professional chess, Marianne protested the order. She argued that since she was unaware of her humming, her humming was involuntary and that therefore she should not be held responsible for it.
Which one of the following, if true, most undermines Marianne’s argument against the order?
(A) The officials of chess have little or no authority to control the behavior of its professional players outside of matches.
(B) Many of the customs of amateur chess matches are not observed by professional chess players.
(C) Not all of a person’s involuntary actions are actions of which that person is unaware.
(D) A person who hums involuntarily can easily learn to notice it and can thereby come to control it.
(E) Not all of Marianne’s opponents are distracted by her humming during chess matches.
Which one of the following, if true, most undermines Marianne’s argument against the order?
(A) The officials of chess have little or no authority to control the behavior of its professional players outside of matches.
(B) Many of the customs of amateur chess matches are not observed by professional chess players.
(C) Not all of a person’s involuntary actions are actions of which that person is unaware.
(D) A person who hums involuntarily can easily learn to notice it and can thereby come to control it.
(E) Not all of Marianne’s opponents are distracted by her humming during chess matches.
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Marianne argues that she shouldn't be held responsible for humming. Why? Because it's involuntary. And it's involuntary because she's unaware of it.
We need to find the answer that best undermines her argument.
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Marianne's situation takes place purely within chess matches, so it doesn't matter what she does outside of those matches. (A) is wrong.
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Marianne and her opponents are all professional players, so the amateur customs mentioned in (B) won't apply. Eliminate (B).
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Marianne has already admitted that she's unaware of the her humming. So, the fact that there may be other habits that fall under the category of "aware but still involuntary" has no bearing on this situation. (C) is out.
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Marianne argues she isn't responsible because her humming is involuntary. However, (D) gives a great reason for why she should be responsible, even if it's involuntary -- because it's easy to control. (D) directly answers the question.
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If anything, (E) supports Marianne's argument. If some opponents don't mind her humming, why penalize her? (E) is wrong.
So (D) is the best we've got.
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I marked D
We have to undermine the logic that marianne's action is involuntary.
D does exact that
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We have to undermine the logic that marianne's action is involuntary.
D does exact that
Posted from my mobile device
