PrepTest 87, Section 3, Question 21
Columnist: Obviously, money helps one satisfy one's desires. However, people become less happy as they become more wealthy. For, though wealth allows one to satisfy desires one would not otherwise be able to, it invariably creates an even greater number of desires that will not be satisfied.
Columnist: Obviously, money helps one satisfy one's desires. However, people become less happy as they become more wealthy. For, though wealth allows one to satisfy desires one would not otherwise be able to, it invariably creates an even greater number of desires that will not be satisfied.
Columnist: Obviously, money helps one satisfy one's desires. However, people become less happy as they become more wealthy. For, though wealth allows one to satisfy desires one would not otherwise be able to, it invariably creates an even greater number of desires that will not be satisfied.
Columnist: Obviously, money helps one satisfy one's desires. However, people become less happy as they become more wealthy. For, though wealth allows one to satisfy desires one would not otherwise be able to, it invariably creates an even greater number of desires that will not be satisfied.
Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the columnist's argument?
Extreme wealth impedes the attainment of the highest level of happiness.
The fewer unfulfilled desires one has, the happier one is.
One's happiness tends not to increase each time a desire is satisfied.
There are very few wealthy people who would not prefer to be wealthier.
Satisfying one's desires is not the only relevant factor to one's happiness.
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