Q24 - There are only two plausible views about where

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Question Type:
Match the Flaw

Stimulus Breakdown:
Paintings can be described only by A or B. No one has made a good argument for A, so it must be B.

Answer Anticipation:
Establishing that there are only two plausible views rules out a False Choice flaw - we have an exhaustive list of the views. However, when the author tries to rule out A, he does so by bringing up accounts; in other words, no one has made a good argument for A. That doesn't actually rule it out, so the flaw here is that maybe an account will be offered in the future that explains it.

Correct answer:
(C)

Answer choice analysis:
(A) Wrong flaw. This answer choice commits a False choice flaw. It mentions that there are other methods, but it doesn't consider them.

(B) Wrong flaw. This answer choice just ignores one of the possibilities (that they're going to lay off workers).

(C) Bickety boom. Two options are brought up, and one is selected based on saying the other hasn't been convincingly shown to be true. That matches up - maybe a future historian (is that an oxymoron?) will make a convincing argument for economic forces.

(D) Wrong flaw. This answer choice doesn't establish that the economy will expand, or whether the analysts are correct.

(E) Wrong flaw. This answer choice features a term shift between losing some supporters and losing the election. Maybe they'd pick up more voters by changing their policies than they'd lose.

Takeaway/Pattern:
Clearly stating which flaw is being committed in each answer choice can make it easier to select or rule them out in Match the Flaw questions.

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