Multiple choice

Directions: Refer to the given information and answer the following question. Speaker: A great majority of people in this city have access to the best medical care available anywhere in the world. Opposition: There are thousands of poor in this city who cannot afford to pay to see a doctor.

Which of the following is true of the opposition's comment?

  1. It constitutes a hasty generalization on few examples.

  2. It cites statistical evidence which tends to corroborate the views of the speaker.

  3. It tries to compare two unrelated data and draws a contrary conclusion.

  4. It is not necessarily inconsistent with the speaker's remarks.

  5. It pinpoints the contradiction in the speaker's comment.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Because the minority might consist of thousands of people, the opposition might not be inconsistent with the speaker's remarks.

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