Multiple choice

Directions: Read the following information and answer the question that follows.

Some have suggested a correlation between not wearing polished shoes and being lethargic – that those who don’t polish their shoes are generally lethargic than those who do. This, however, is not the case. I work at the employment exchange and the majority of the applicants have polished shoes.

Which of the following assumptions is made by the author of the argument?

  1. Lethargy and polished shoes are learned behaviours.

  2. People with polished shoes are never unemployed.

  3. Lethargy has its origins in an individual’s family background.

  4. People who apply for employment at the employment exchange are lethargic.

  5. None of these
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D Correct answer
Explanation

In an employment exchange, people who polish their shoes are more lethargic than those who don’t. The assumption must be (4) that unemployed applicants are lethargic. Otherwise, one couldn’t infer that people who polish their shoes are lazier than people who don’t.

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