Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
May 1212:00 PM EDT
-11:59 PM EDT
Make the most of your break with the most realistic GMAT™ prep. Take up to $700 off select products.
May 1308:30 AM PDT
-09:30 AM PDT
In Episode 4 of our GMAT Ninja CR series, we tackle the most intimidating CR question type: Boldface & "Legalese" questions. If you've ever stared at an answer choice that reads, "The first is a consideration introduced to counter a position that...- May 14
08:30 AM PDT
-09:30 AM PDT
Most GMAT test-takers are intimidated by the hardest GMAT Verbal questions. In this session, Target Test Prep GMAT instructor Erika Tyler-John, a 100th percentile GMAT scorer, will show you how top scorers break down challenging Verbal questions..
Updated on: 07 Apr 2010, 08:39
Originally posted by sushma0805 on 06 Apr 2010, 15:37.
Last edited by sushma0805 on 07 Apr 2010, 08:39, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by sushma0805 on 07 Apr 2010, 08:39, edited 1 time in total.
Kudos
Bookmarks
N
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
(N/A)
Question Stats:
67% (00:55) correct
33%
(00:12)
wrong
based on 9
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
Publisher Big Books’ proposal to encourage new authors by founding an imprint, or brand name, exclusively for first novels is doomed to artistic failure. New authors have not had the experience necessary to refine their writing styles, and a wistful desire to publish hoards of new authors will only lower quality standards and flood the market with mediocre prose.
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument against the publisher’s proposed imprint?
A. Authors hoping to be published will share the cost of publication.
B. First novels will be marketed only by in-store displays, not with posters, which are more expensive.
C. All books published under the new imprint are held to rigorous, pre-determined standards of quality.
D. Many novels that are now considered classics were the first novels published by their authors.
E. Manuscripts will be solicited from authors who have already proven successful at writing short stories.
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument against the publisher’s proposed imprint?
A. Authors hoping to be published will share the cost of publication.
B. First novels will be marketed only by in-store displays, not with posters, which are more expensive.
C. All books published under the new imprint are held to rigorous, pre-determined standards of quality.
D. Many novels that are now considered classics were the first novels published by their authors.
E. Manuscripts will be solicited from authors who have already proven successful at writing short stories.
OA C
Archived Topic
Hi there,
This topic has been closed and archived due to inactivity or violation of community quality standards. No more replies are possible here.
Where to now? Join ongoing discussions on thousands of quality questions in our Critical Reasoning (CR) Forum
Still interested in this question? Check out the "Best Topics" block below for a better discussion on this exact question, as well as several more related questions.
Thank you for understanding, and happy exploring!
06 Apr 2010, 17:24
Kudos
Bookmarks
It's between D and E.
The "evidence" in the question stem is the second sentence - it states that new authors lack experience. That evidence is used to support the conclusion in the third sentence.
Answer choice E directly attacks that evidence, so it undermines the conclusion. Hence E.
Answer choice D may be true, but there have also been thousands of first books by new authors that were failures, so it doesn't undermine the conclusion.
The "evidence" in the question stem is the second sentence - it states that new authors lack experience. That evidence is used to support the conclusion in the third sentence.
Answer choice E directly attacks that evidence, so it undermines the conclusion. Hence E.
Answer choice D may be true, but there have also been thousands of first books by new authors that were failures, so it doesn't undermine the conclusion.
