PrepTest 92+, Section 1, Question 24
Editorial: Last year, many polls found that most people in our country claimed to be tired of television news programs' obsession with celebrity scandals and to be unwilling to watch such programs. But at the same time, ratings of television news shows soared. This indicates that when responding to polls, whether or not they are aware of it, people often portray themselves as they wish to be perceived, rather than as they actually are.
Editorial: Last year, many polls found that most people in our country claimed to be tired of television news programs' obsession with celebrity scandals and to be unwilling to watch such programs. But at the same time, ratings of television news shows soared. This indicates that when responding to polls, whether or not they are aware of it, people often portray themselves as they wish to be perceived, rather than as they actually are.
Editorial: Last year, many polls found that most people in our country claimed to be tired of television news programs' obsession with celebrity scandals and to be unwilling to watch such programs. But at the same time, ratings of television news shows soared. This indicates that when responding to polls, whether or not they are aware of it, people often portray themselves as they wish to be perceived, rather than as they actually are.
Editorial: Last year, many polls found that most people in our country claimed to be tired of television news programs' obsession with celebrity scandals and to be unwilling to watch such programs. But at the same time, ratings of television news shows soared. This indicates that when responding to polls, whether or not they are aware of it, people often portray themselves as they wish to be perceived, rather than as they actually are.
Which one of the following is an assumption that the argument in the editorial requires?
Last year, everyone in the editorialist's country who claimed in polls to be tired of television news programs' obsession with celebrity scandals also claimed to be unwilling to watch such programs.
Last year, almost everyone in the editorialist's country who claimed in polls to be tired of television news programs' obsession with celebrity scandals and to be unwilling to watch such programs continued to watch those programs.
Last year, at least some of the people who responded to polls in the editorialist's country did not believe that in their responses they were portraying themselves as they actually were.
Last year, none of the people in the editorialist's country who responded to polls about their views about television news programs portrayed themselves as they actually were.
Last year, at least some people responding to polls in the editorialist's country wished to be perceived as unwilling to watch television news programs.
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