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04 May 2026, 06:39
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Tom: Executives in this country make around 85 times what the average worker earns. This is an extraordinarily large disparity, and therefore public resentment over the size of executives' salaries is justified.
Martha: Such resentment is not justified, since wealth is created by taking risks and making decisions, actions most people prefer to avoid. Generous rewards for those who choose not to avoid these actions are both fair and necessary.
Tom: I think you misunderstood me. I'm not saying that people resent that there is a large disparity here between executives' salaries and workers' salaries, but rather they resent that it is atypically large: in other countries executives earn only 20 or 30 times what the average worker earns.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main point at issue between Tom and Martha?
(A) whether executives in this country make 85 times the average worker's salary
(B) whether public resentment of the size of executive salaries is justified
(C) whether a wage gap between executives and workers is necessary to promote the creation of wealth
(D) whether executives deserve higher salaries than workers deserve
(E) whether executives in this country create as much wealth as do those in other countries
Martha: Such resentment is not justified, since wealth is created by taking risks and making decisions, actions most people prefer to avoid. Generous rewards for those who choose not to avoid these actions are both fair and necessary.
Tom: I think you misunderstood me. I'm not saying that people resent that there is a large disparity here between executives' salaries and workers' salaries, but rather they resent that it is atypically large: in other countries executives earn only 20 or 30 times what the average worker earns.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main point at issue between Tom and Martha?
(A) whether executives in this country make 85 times the average worker's salary
(B) whether public resentment of the size of executive salaries is justified
(C) whether a wage gap between executives and workers is necessary to promote the creation of wealth
(D) whether executives deserve higher salaries than workers deserve
(E) whether executives in this country create as much wealth as do those in other countries
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context: Martha argues resentment of executive pay disparity is unjustified; Tom clarifies people resent the size of the disparity (too large), not disparity itself.
prethinking: disagreement = whether resentment about executive salaries is justified (Martha: no; Tom: yes, when disparity is excessive).
elimination:
A: specific number not discussed by both → no
B: yes — core dispute is whether resentment is justified → fits
C: Martha discusses necessity, Tom doesn’t engage → no
D: Tom doesn’t deny higher pay altogether → no
E: not discussed → no
answer: B
prethinking: disagreement = whether resentment about executive salaries is justified (Martha: no; Tom: yes, when disparity is excessive).
elimination:
A: specific number not discussed by both → no
B: yes — core dispute is whether resentment is justified → fits
C: Martha discusses necessity, Tom doesn’t engage → no
D: Tom doesn’t deny higher pay altogether → no
E: not discussed → no
answer: B
05 Jul 2026, 09:29
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Overview:
Tom gives an argument concluding that public resentment over the size of executives' salaries is justified, and Martha counters by arguing that it is not. Tom then defends his conclusion by claiming that, and showing how, Martha has misconstrued his argument.
Tom bases his argument on the observation that the disparity between the salaries earned by executives and those earned by average workers is extraordinarily large. Martha explains why she thinks that it is acceptable for this disparity to be large. But this does not fully engage Tom's point. Tom counters Martha's response by pointing out that the key fact for him is that the disparity is atypically large in their country.
The Correct Answer:
B Tom's conclusion is directly contradicted by Martha's conclusion, so clearly the main point at issue between the two lies here. Tom concludes that public resentment over the size of executives' salaries is justified, and Martha concludes that it is not. So the main point at issue between them is stated in (B).
The Incorrect Answer Choices:
A Tom claims that executives in their country make 85 times the average worker's salary. But since Martha does not dispute this claim, the main point at issue between them cannot lie here.
C, D Martha says, in essence, that it is necessary and fair to reward generously those who take the kinds of action that create wealth. Tom appears to grant Martha's point. Tom's complaint is that in their country those rewards are overly generous. So neither (C) nor (D) expresses the main point at issue between Tom and Martha.
E Neither Tom nor Martha compares the wealth created by executives in their country with the wealth created by executives in other countries. Since neither of them even raises this issue, (E) does not express the main point at issue between them.
Overview:
Tom gives an argument concluding that public resentment over the size of executives' salaries is justified, and Martha counters by arguing that it is not. Tom then defends his conclusion by claiming that, and showing how, Martha has misconstrued his argument.
Tom bases his argument on the observation that the disparity between the salaries earned by executives and those earned by average workers is extraordinarily large. Martha explains why she thinks that it is acceptable for this disparity to be large. But this does not fully engage Tom's point. Tom counters Martha's response by pointing out that the key fact for him is that the disparity is atypically large in their country.
The Correct Answer:
B Tom's conclusion is directly contradicted by Martha's conclusion, so clearly the main point at issue between the two lies here. Tom concludes that public resentment over the size of executives' salaries is justified, and Martha concludes that it is not. So the main point at issue between them is stated in (B).
The Incorrect Answer Choices:
A Tom claims that executives in their country make 85 times the average worker's salary. But since Martha does not dispute this claim, the main point at issue between them cannot lie here.
C, D Martha says, in essence, that it is necessary and fair to reward generously those who take the kinds of action that create wealth. Tom appears to grant Martha's point. Tom's complaint is that in their country those rewards are overly generous. So neither (C) nor (D) expresses the main point at issue between Tom and Martha.
E Neither Tom nor Martha compares the wealth created by executives in their country with the wealth created by executives in other countries. Since neither of them even raises this issue, (E) does not express the main point at issue between them.
