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Theater critic: The theater is in a dismal state. Audiences are sparse and revenue is down. Without the audience and the revenue, the talented and creative people who are the lifeblood of the theater are abandoning it. No wonder standards are deteriorating.
Producer: It’s not true that the theater is in decline. Don’t you realize that your comments constitute a self-fulfilling prophecy? By publishing these opinions, you yourself are discouraging new audiences from emerging and new talent from joining the theater.
Which one of the following is a questionable technique employed by the producer in responding to the critic?
(A) focusing on the effects of the critic’s evaluation rather than on its content
(B) accusing the critic of relying solely on opinion unsupported by factual evidence
(C) challenging the motives behind the critic’s remarks rather than the remarks themselves
(D) relying on emphasis rather than on argument
(E) invoking authority in order to intimidate the critic
26 Mar 2020, 05:27
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A is the right answer.
The argument of the Theater critic
Premise: Audiences are sparse and revenue is down.
Premise: Without the audience and the revenue, the talented and creative people who are the lifeblood of the theater are abandoning it.
Conclusion: No wonder standards are deteriorating.
The argument of the Producer
Premise: Don’t you realize that your comments constitute a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Premise: By publishing these opinions, you yourself are discouraging new audiences from emerging and new talent from joining the theater.
Conclusion: It’s not true that the theater is in decline.
The Theater critic made a valid argument by justifying his position that the theater is in decline. He cites the sparse audience as shows and the low revenue levels to support his point. He went on further to state that the consequence of the sparse audience and the low revenue is that the talented and creative people, the lifeblood of the theater, are abandoning the theater.
The Producer, on the other hand, disagrees with the Critic. One would expect that he would support his disagreement with cogent points, instead, he claims that the evaluation by the critic is a self-fulfilling prophecy and that the publication of the evaluation by the critic would rather discourage audiences from emerging and new talent from joining the theater. It is possible that the publication of this evaluation by the critic would result in negative effects. But one would expect that the Producer would present cogent points to back his conclusion rather than focusing on the effects of the evaluation by the critic. Hence A is the right answer.
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Theater critic: The theater is in a dismal state. Audiences are sparse and revenue is down. Without the audience and the revenue, the talented and creative people who are the lifeblood of the theater are abandoning it. No wonder standards are deteriorating.
Producer: It’s not true that the theater is in decline. Don’t you realize that your comments constitute a self-fulfilling prophecy? By publishing these opinions, you yourself are discouraging new audiences from emerging and new talent from joining the theater.
Which one of the following is a questionable technique employed by the producer in responding to the critic?
Producer: It’s not true that the theater is in decline. Don’t you realize that your comments constitute a self-fulfilling prophecy? By publishing these opinions, you yourself are discouraging new audiences from emerging and new talent from joining the theater.
Which one of the following is a questionable technique employed by the producer in responding to the critic?
The argument of the Theater critic
Premise: Audiences are sparse and revenue is down.
Premise: Without the audience and the revenue, the talented and creative people who are the lifeblood of the theater are abandoning it.
Conclusion: No wonder standards are deteriorating.
The argument of the Producer
Premise: Don’t you realize that your comments constitute a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Premise: By publishing these opinions, you yourself are discouraging new audiences from emerging and new talent from joining the theater.
Conclusion: It’s not true that the theater is in decline.
The Theater critic made a valid argument by justifying his position that the theater is in decline. He cites the sparse audience as shows and the low revenue levels to support his point. He went on further to state that the consequence of the sparse audience and the low revenue is that the talented and creative people, the lifeblood of the theater, are abandoning the theater.
The Producer, on the other hand, disagrees with the Critic. One would expect that he would support his disagreement with cogent points, instead, he claims that the evaluation by the critic is a self-fulfilling prophecy and that the publication of the evaluation by the critic would rather discourage audiences from emerging and new talent from joining the theater. It is possible that the publication of this evaluation by the critic would result in negative effects. But one would expect that the Producer would present cogent points to back his conclusion rather than focusing on the effects of the evaluation by the critic. Hence A is the right answer.
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(A) focusing on the effects of the critic’s evaluation rather than on its content.
Correct per the reasoning above.Quote:
(B) accusing the critic of relying solely on opinion unsupported by factual evidence.
The producer did not accuse the critic of relying on an opinion that is unsupported by factual evidence. He only objected to the conclusion of the argument citing the effects of the evaluation by the critic to support his position.Quote:
(C) challenging the motives behind the critic’s remarks rather than the remarks themselves.
He/She did not challenge the motives behind the critic's remarks per the information provided above.Quote:
(D) relying on emphasis rather than on argument.
Incorrect as the argument by the producer does not rely on any emphasis of the argument by the critic.Quote:
(E) invoking authority in order to intimidate the critic.
The producer did not invoke any authority in his or her argument as stated above. 
26 Mar 2020, 08:13
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Theater critic: The theater is in a dismal state. Audiences are sparse and revenue is down. Without the audience and the revenue, the talented and creative people who are the lifeblood of the theater are abandoning it. No wonder standards are deteriorating.
Producer: It’s not true that the theater is in decline. Don’t you realize that your comments constitute a self-fulfilling prophecy? By publishing these opinions, you yourself are discouraging new audiences from emerging and new talent from joining the theater.
Which one of the following is a questionable technique employed by the producer in responding to the critic?
(A) focusing on the effects of the critic’s evaluation rather than on its content - WRONG. Producer says nothing about deteriorating standards.
(B) accusing the critic of relying solely on opinion unsupported by factual evidence - CORRECT. Reverse of causality here. Producer holds critic responsible for declining theater without any supporting evidence.
(C) challenging the motives behind the critic’s remarks rather than the remarks themselves - WRONG. Nowhere producers challenging critic's motive.
(D) relying on emphasis rather than on argument - WRONG. Irrelevant.
(E) invoking authority in order to intimidate the critic - WRONG. Irrelevant.
IMO Answer B.
Producer: It’s not true that the theater is in decline. Don’t you realize that your comments constitute a self-fulfilling prophecy? By publishing these opinions, you yourself are discouraging new audiences from emerging and new talent from joining the theater.
Which one of the following is a questionable technique employed by the producer in responding to the critic?
(A) focusing on the effects of the critic’s evaluation rather than on its content - WRONG. Producer says nothing about deteriorating standards.
(B) accusing the critic of relying solely on opinion unsupported by factual evidence - CORRECT. Reverse of causality here. Producer holds critic responsible for declining theater without any supporting evidence.
(C) challenging the motives behind the critic’s remarks rather than the remarks themselves - WRONG. Nowhere producers challenging critic's motive.
(D) relying on emphasis rather than on argument - WRONG. Irrelevant.
(E) invoking authority in order to intimidate the critic - WRONG. Irrelevant.
IMO Answer B.
