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The state’s empty $4 million governor’s
mansion on the banks of the Capitol River
may be sort of a suburban Taj Mahal, as the
governor once said. But why shouldn’t the
state unload it?
Which of the following is one of the
author’s basic assumptions?
A. The governor’s mansion is out of
place in the suburbs.
B. The reader is aware of the state’s
intention to “unload” the
governor’s mansion.
C. No one has yet lived in the
governor’s mansion.
D. The state is trying to sell the
governor’s mansion.
E. The governor was correct.
mansion on the banks of the Capitol River
may be sort of a suburban Taj Mahal, as the
governor once said. But why shouldn’t the
state unload it?
Which of the following is one of the
author’s basic assumptions?
A. The governor’s mansion is out of
place in the suburbs.
B. The reader is aware of the state’s
intention to “unload” the
governor’s mansion.
C. No one has yet lived in the
governor’s mansion.
D. The state is trying to sell the
governor’s mansion.
E. The governor was correct.
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Conclusion: Why shouldn’t state unload governor’s mansion?
A. The governor’s mansion is out of place in the suburbs. [Hold it]
B. The reader is aware of the state’s intention to “unload” the governor’s mansion. [Irrelevant to the conclusion – eliminate it]
C. No one has yet lived in the governor’s mansion. [Doesn’t matter – eliminate it]
D. The state is trying to sell the governor’s mansion. [Then argument is irrelevant – eliminate it]
E. The governor was correct. [Doesn’t matter – eliminate it]
Answer: A
A. The governor’s mansion is out of place in the suburbs. [Hold it]
B. The reader is aware of the state’s intention to “unload” the governor’s mansion. [Irrelevant to the conclusion – eliminate it]
C. No one has yet lived in the governor’s mansion. [Doesn’t matter – eliminate it]
D. The state is trying to sell the governor’s mansion. [Then argument is irrelevant – eliminate it]
E. The governor was correct. [Doesn’t matter – eliminate it]
Answer: A
