PrepTest 34, Section 1, Question 11

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A five-week adult education course consists of exactly five lectures with a different lecture given each week. No lecture is given more than once. Each lecture is delivered by a different speaker. The following conditions are true about the speakers and their lectures:

Each speaker lectures on a philosopher in whom he or she specializes.

No two speakers lecture on the same philosopher.

The first week's speaker specializes in Kant, Locke, and Mill, and no other philosophers.

The second week's speaker specializes in Kant, Locke, Mill, and Nietzsche, and no other philosophers.

The third week's and fourth week's speakers each specialize in Mill and Nietzsche, and no other philosophers.

The fifth week's speaker specializes in Nietzsche, Ockham, and Plato, and no other philosophers.

Question

Assume that, of the six philosophers, Kant and Nietzsche are the only German philosophers, and Locke, Mill, and Ockham are the only British philosophers. Each of the following statements could be true EXCEPT:

The first and fourth speakers lecture on British philosophers.

The first and fourth speakers lecture on German philosophers.

The second and third speakers lecture on British philosophers.

The third and fourth speakers lecture on German philosophers.

The fourth and fifth speakers lecture on British philosophers.

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