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201. Most children are very entertained by stories involving dinosaurs. Parents are likely to want to take their children to the new movie about baby dinosaurs since children like dinosaurs so much.

The above argument is based on which of the following assumptions?
  1. Parents want their children to enjoy a movie if they pay for it.
  2. Parents are aware of children’s love of dinosaur stories.
  3. A movie about baby dinosaurs will be even more popular than a movie about regular dinosaurs.
  4. Most children enjoy stories about animals more than people.
  5. Dinosaur movies are actually popular with children.
202. Aaron thinks that the most successful television shows appeal to a wide variety of audiences. The show Bonkers was not successful but did appeal to a wide variety of audiences, so clearly Aaron is mistaken.

Which of the following describes the flawed reasoning in the passage above?
  1. It uses an ad hominem attack.
  2. It presumes, without providing justification, that success is something that can be measured.
  3. It presumes, without providing justification, that all successful shows must appeal to a wide variety of audiences.
  4. A condition that must be true is mistaken for one that only could be true.
  5. A condition that is generally true is mistaken for something that must be true.

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