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H. G. Wells’s great dramatic novel The Time Machine is classified as science fiction simply because it takes place in the future. But this classification is inappropriate because Wells’s book possesses something that great dramatic novels have and science fiction generally lacks — compelling characters that enable the reader to become absorbed in their plight and not just in the author’s representation of the future of technology.
The argument’s conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
(A) All novels that contain compelling characters are great dramatic novels.
(B) Novels can always be clearly classified into distinct genres.
(C) A work of science fiction cannot achieve greatness unless it contains compelling characters.
(D) The most important determinant of a novel’s quality is the strength of its characters.
(E) A dramatic novel cannot both be great and belong to the genre of science fiction.
The argument’s conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
(A) All novels that contain compelling characters are great dramatic novels.
(B) Novels can always be clearly classified into distinct genres.
(C) A work of science fiction cannot achieve greatness unless it contains compelling characters.
(D) The most important determinant of a novel’s quality is the strength of its characters.
(E) A dramatic novel cannot both be great and belong to the genre of science fiction.
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H. G. Wells’s great dramatic novel The Time Machine is classified as science fiction simply because it takes place in the future. But this classification is inappropriate because Wells’s book possesses something that great dramatic novels have and science fiction generally lacks — compelling characters that enable the reader to become absorbed in their plight and not just in the author’s representation of the future of technology.
The argument’s conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
The argument concludes that The Time Machine should not be classified as science fiction because it is a great dramatic novel with compelling characters. To make that conclusion follow, we need the assumption that a great dramatic novel cannot also be science fiction.
(A) All novels that contain compelling characters are great dramatic novels.
Wrong. Even if true, this would show that The Time Machine is a great dramatic novel, but not that it cannot also be science fiction.
(B) Novels can always be clearly classified into distinct genres.
Wrong. This does not tell us which genre The Time Machine belongs to.
(C) A work of science fiction cannot achieve greatness unless it contains compelling characters.
Wrong. This suggests that some science fiction can have compelling characters, which weakens the argument.
(D) The most important determinant of a novel’s quality is the strength of its characters.
Wrong. The issue is genre classification, not overall literary quality.
(E) A dramatic novel cannot both be great and belong to the genre of science fiction.
Correct. If a great dramatic novel cannot also be science fiction, then since The Time Machine is described as a great dramatic novel, it should not be classified as science fiction.
Answer: (E)
The argument’s conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed?
The argument concludes that The Time Machine should not be classified as science fiction because it is a great dramatic novel with compelling characters. To make that conclusion follow, we need the assumption that a great dramatic novel cannot also be science fiction.
(A) All novels that contain compelling characters are great dramatic novels.
Wrong. Even if true, this would show that The Time Machine is a great dramatic novel, but not that it cannot also be science fiction.
(B) Novels can always be clearly classified into distinct genres.
Wrong. This does not tell us which genre The Time Machine belongs to.
(C) A work of science fiction cannot achieve greatness unless it contains compelling characters.
Wrong. This suggests that some science fiction can have compelling characters, which weakens the argument.
(D) The most important determinant of a novel’s quality is the strength of its characters.
Wrong. The issue is genre classification, not overall literary quality.
(E) A dramatic novel cannot both be great and belong to the genre of science fiction.
Correct. If a great dramatic novel cannot also be science fiction, then since The Time Machine is described as a great dramatic novel, it should not be classified as science fiction.
Answer: (E)
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