| Critical Reasoning Butler: April 2025 |
| April 8 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 Nick: The best way to write a good detective story is to work backward from the crime. The writer should first decide what the crime is and who the perpetrator is and then come up with the circumstances and clues based on those decisions.
Which one of the following illustrates a principle most similar to that illustrated by the passage?
(A) When planning a trip, some people first decide where they want to go and then plan accordingly, but for most of us, much financial planning must be done before we can choose where we are going.
(B) In planting a vegetable garden, you should prepare the soil first and then decide what kinds of vegetables to plant.
(C) Good architects do not extemporaneously construct their plans in the course of an afternoon; an architectural design cannot be divorced from the method of constructing the building.
(D) In solving mathematical problems, the best method is to try out as many strategies as possible in the time allotted. This is particularly effective if the number of possible strategies is fairly small.
(E) To make a great tennis shot you should visualize where you want the shot to go and then determine the position you need to be in to execute the shot properly.
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CR 2 Often considered a branch of folklore studies, cryptozoology is the study of hidden or mythological animals such as the Yeti or the unicorn. However, cryptozoologists use methods more akin to the field of zoology to seek evidence as to the existence of such creatures, rather than study the legends formed around the creatures in human societies. Therefore, cryptozoology should not be classified as a branch of folklore studies.The above conclusion is properly drawn if which of the following is assumed?A. Unequivocal proof of the existence of the Yeti and the unicorn has been found.B. Cryptozoology is studied in prestigious universities all over the world.C. Folklorists investigate the legends themselves rather than try to prove them to be real.D. Some cryptozoologists are acclaimed anthropologists and folklorists.E. Folklorists often shy away from fieldwork.
