June 2007 PrepTest, Section 2, Question 12
By Brandon Beaver | Published October 29, 2024
Type: Parallel Reasoning
Difficulty:
Explanations
Okay, so basically, suppose you’re in a situation with one of two options: X or Y. In choosing one, you break the other. This shows that you cannot always do both X and Y.
The above is essentially what I’m looking for in the answer choices.
A
Perfect. You have two options: (1) Say whatever you want or (2) obey your duty to be civil. In doing one of them, you fracture the other. Thus, you cannot have both.
B
Nah. This doesn’t say, “so, you can’t do both.”
C
Nope. Same as B. The original passage is “it is literally impossible to do both.”
D
No. This doesn’t even present two options.
E
Nah. Here, there’s a third option (not extending hours). In the original (and correct answer choice), there’s only two options, and you MUST pick one of them.
Passage
Suppose I have promised to keep a confidence and someone ask
Question 12
Which one of the following arguments is most similar in its