PrepTest 54, Section 2, Question 10
Helen: Reading a book is the intellectual equivalent of investing money: you're investing time, thereby foregoing other ways of spending that time, in the hope that what you learn will later afford you more opportunities than you'd get by spending the time doing something other than reading that book.
Helen: Reading a book is the intellectual equivalent of investing money: you're investing time, thereby foregoing other ways of spending that time, in the hope that what you learn will later afford you more opportunities than you'd get by spending the time doing something other than reading that book.
Randi: But that applies only to vocational books. Reading fiction is like watching a sitcom: it's just wasted time.
Helen: Reading a book is the intellectual equivalent of investing money: you're investing time, thereby foregoing other ways of spending that time, in the hope that what you learn will later afford you more opportunities than you'd get by spending the time doing something other than reading that book.
Randi: But that applies only to vocational books. Reading fiction is like watching a sitcom: it's just wasted time.
Helen: Reading a book is the intellectual equivalent of investing money: you're investing time, thereby foregoing other ways of spending that time, in the hope that what you learn will later afford you more opportunities than you'd get by spending the time doing something other than reading that book.
Which one of the following most accurately describes the technique Randi uses in responding to Helen's claims?
questioning how the evidence Helen uses for a claim was gathered
disputing the scope of Helen's analogy by presenting another analogy
arguing that Helen's reasoning ultimately leads to an absurd conclusion
drawing an analogy to an example presented by Helen
denying the relevance of an example presented by Helen
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