Randall: Many of the productions of my plays by amateur theater groups

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Randall: Many of the productions of my plays by amateur theater groups are poorly done, and such interpretations do not provide a true measure of my skills as a dramatist.

Which one of the following can be properly inferred from Randall’s statement?

(A) Some amateur theater groups’ productions of Randall’s plays provide a true measure of his skills as a dramatist.
(B) All amateur theater group productions of Randall’s plays that are not poorly done provide a true measure of his skills as a dramatist.
(C) All of the productions of Randall’s plays by amateur theater groups that do not provide a true measure of his skills as a dramatist are poorly done.
(D) If a production of a dramatist’s play is well done, then it provides a true measure of his or her skills as a dramatist.
(E) At least some amateur theatrical groups’ productions of Randall’s plays fail to provide a true measure of his skills as a dramatist.

ElninoEffect · Answer

Inference question:
We can't assume things.
The information needs to be strictly derived from the data provided.

(A) Some amateur theater groups’ productions of Randall’s plays provide a true measure of his skills as a dramatist.
 We don't know that as nothing has been said and we can't presume.

(B) All amateur theater group productions of Randall’s plays that are not poorly done provide a true measure of his skills as a dramatist.
 Again an assumption. We only have the information about the amateur theater group productions of Randall’s plays that are poorly done.

(C) All of the productions of Randall’s plays by amateur theater groups that do not provide a true measure of his skills as a dramatist are poorly done.
 Many don't actually mean All.

(D) If a production of a dramatist’s play is well done, then it provides a true measure of his or her skills as a dramatist.
 Again an assumption as we cannot derive that information.
 
(E) At least some amateur theatrical groups’ productions of Randall’s plays fail to provide a true measure of his skills as a dramatist.
 Yes, we can derive that.

mSKR · Answer

Randall:  Many  of the productions of my plays by amateur theater groups are poorly done, and such interpretations  do not provide  a true measure of my skills as a dramatist.

Which one of the following can be properly inferred from Randall’s statement?

(A) Some amateur theater groups’ productions of Randall’s plays  provide a  true measure of his skills as a dramatist.
(B)  All  amateur theater group productions of Randall’s plays that are not poorly done provide a true measure of his skills as a dramatist.
(C)  All  of the productions of Randall’s plays by amateur theater groups that do not provide a true measure of his skills as a dramatist are poorly done.
(D) If a production of a dramatist’s play is well done, then it  provides a true m easure of his or her skills as a dramatist.
(E)  At least  some amateur theatrical groups’ productions of Randall’s plays  fail to provide  a true measure of his skills as a dramatist.

Hence E is a clear winner

Paras96 · Answer

(A) Some amateur theater groups’ productions of Randall’s plays provide a true measure of his skills as a dramatist.

This cannot be properly inferred from Randall's statement because he only mentions that "many" productions are poorly done, but he doesn't specify whether some provide a true measure of his skills or not.
(B) All amateur theater group productions of Randall’s plays that are not poorly done provide a true measure of his skills as a dramatist.

This cannot be properly inferred from Randall's statement because he doesn't provide information about all well-done productions, and he specifically mentions "many" poorly done productions.
(C) All of the productions of Randall’s plays by amateur theater groups that do not provide a true measure of his skills as a dramatist are poorly done.

This is not necessarily supported by Randall's statement. He talks about poorly done productions but does not state that all productions that don't provide a true measure of his skills are poorly done.
(D) If a production of a dramatist’s play is well done, then it provides a true measure of his or her skills as a dramatist.

Randall's statement does not make a direct connection between well-done productions and providing a true measure of his skills. His focus is on poorly done productions.
 (E) At least some amateur theatrical groups’ productions of Randall’s plays fail to provide a true measure of his skills as a dramatist.

This statement is a proper inference from Randall's statement. He mentions that "many" amateur theater group productions are poorly done, which implies that at least some of them fail to provide a true measure of his skills as a dramatist.

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