The Muslim from Cyprus is a Renaissance play written by Christopher

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The Muslim from Cyprus is a Renaissance play written by Christopher Marlin but whose exact date of composition is unknown. However the religious conflicts and struggles that the play uses as a backdrop occurred in the early 1580s, and in the papers that accompany the original version of the play, other playwrights are noted to have encouraged Marlin to debut his play, which eventually occurred in 1592. Thus Marlin’s father must have passed away between 1580 and 1592, assuming that _______.

(A) the religious conflicts and struggles of a Cypriot is not the subject of any other Renaissance play

(B) the author of The Muslim from Cyprus intended it to provide as accurate a report about Muslim exploits as possible

(C) the papers accurately represent the pre-debut status of the play at the time of Marlin’s father’s death

(D) The Muslim from Cyprus is the earliest Renaissance play whose composition can be dated to within a few years

(E) The Muslim from Cyprus was not written by Marlin's father himself

anuj11 · Answer

In Complete the argument no new information should be considered. The answer chosen should be true.

E - Can be knocked out straight away as it contradicts the premise. 
A and D - These choices do not logically follow the structure.

C - Correctly connects the debut of the play with the death of Marlin’s father.

Rumikido3 · Answer

Here is my analysis:

Structure  
Conc: Thus Marlin’s father must have passed away between 1580 and 1592, 
Bases of conclusion: assuming that _______.
P1: The Muslim from Cyprus is a Renaissance play written by Christopher Marlin but whose exact date of composition is unknown. 
P2: However the religious conflicts and struggles that the play uses as a backdrop occurred in the early 1580s, 
P3: and in the papers that accompany the original version of the play, other playwrights are noted to have encouraged Marlin to debut his play, 
P4: Debut of hi play eventually occurred in 1592.

Argument analysis  
This argument is asking for a piece of information that makes the conclusion a valid. (assumption)
We need to find a piece of evidence that links the time period of Marlin's father death with some of the religious conflicts and struggles that Marlin uses in his plays.

Answer choice analysis  
(A) the religious conflicts and struggles of a Cypriot is not the subject of any other Renaissance play.  OFS
The argument is not interested in other plays.
 
(B) the author of The Muslim from Cyprus intended it to provide as accurate a report about Muslim exploits as possible.  Irrelevant
The accuracy of Marlin to report about Muslin exploits in his plays is not in discussion.

(C) The papers accurately represent the pre-debut status of the play at the time of Marlin’s father’s death.  Correct!
 If the papers represent the status of the play previous to the debut of the same and during the time of Marlin's father death, the papers suggest that Marlin's father death occurred before 1592, but after 1580.

(D) The Muslim from Cyprus is the earliest Renaissance play whose composition can be dated to within a few years.  Irrelevant 
 Whether or not the play is the earliest Renaissance play is not in discussion.

(E) The Muslim from Cyprus was not written by Marlin's father himself.  Irrelevant
 We know that Marlin was the one who wrote the play.

Hope it helps!

chesstiger · Answer

there are many gmat questions that are long and have many premises. What steps should I take to find the right assumption out of a bundles of details, and premises?

Prateek176 · Answer

chetan2u ,  sayantanc2k . I am having problems in comprehending the question. didn't really understand how marlin's father's death is connected with rest of the premises. Can u help?

PP777 · Answer

The Muslim from Cyprus is a Renaissance play written by Christopher Marlin but whose exact date of composition is unknown. However the religious conflicts and struggles that the play uses as a backdrop occurred in the early 1580's, and in the papers that accompany the original version of the play, other playwrights are noted to have encouraged Marlin to debut his play, which eventually occurred in 1592. Thus Marlin’s father must have passed away between 1580 and 1592, assuming that _______.

Let's understand the argument.

Christopher Marlin wrote a play but the exact date of composition is unknown.
The religious conflicts and struggles used in the play as backdrop occured in 1580's.
According to papers accompanying the original version of the play,Other playwrights encouraged Marlin to debut this play.And play occured in 1592.

Conclusion: Thus Marlin’s father must have passed away between 1580 and 1592.

Prethinking: Some evidence linking these time period.

C)The papers accurately represent the pre-debut status of the play at the time of Marlin’s father’s death.

This option clearly suggests that at the time of Marlin's father's death, the status of the play was pre-debut. That means it happened between 1580 and 1592.

push12345 · Answer

Answer is C

Only C is relevant wrt argument.Other choices does not explain anything about marlin father and not able to match with the argument

E does not connect with argument.

AkshdeepS · Answer

Not able to crack the logic, but thanks to POE.

Suggestion : Use POE for every Verbal question whether easy or hard.

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