Jan: People should not go to the new exhibition of Thorntons paintings. Thornton will be given a portion of the admission proceeds and Thornton, a violent sociopath, should not be supported. Kim: Your recommendation is inconsistent with your actions, because you read poems by poets who also were violent sociopaths. Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest basis for Jan to counter Kims argument？
A. Thornton" s portion of the exhibition" s proceeds are being donated to a cause deemed worthy by Thornton.
B. It is quite difficult, if not impossible, for Jan to discover the behavioral tendencies of the artists Jan reads.
C. Kim does not use products made by companies whose hiring practices Kim finds abhorrent.
D. The poets derived no benefit from Jan"s reading their poems.
E. The poets" violent behavior. is better known to the public than is Thornton"s violent behavior.
The plant called the scarlet gilia can have either red or white flowers. It had long been
A. Uncovered scarlet gilia flowers, whether red or white, became pollinated at approximately equal rates.
B. Some red flowers of the scarlet gilia that remained uncovered at all times never became pollinated.
C. White flowers of the scarlet gilia that were covered at night became pollinated with greater frequency than white flowers of the scarlet gilia that were left uncovered.
D. Scarlet gilia plants with red flowers covered by day and scarlet gilia plants with white flowers covered at night remained unpollinated.
E. In late August, when most of the hummingbirds had migrated but hawkmoths were still plentiful, red scarlet gilia plants produced fruit more frequently than they had earlier in the season.
Many geologists theorize that the trail of volcanic craters and cinder cones along the Snake River plain of southern Idaho was produced as the North American continent slid westward over a stationary " plume," a vertical channel through which molten rock rose intermittently from the Earth s core to burst through its crust. Which of the following, if true, tends to support the geologists theory of how the trail was produced？
A. The largest craters and cinder cones are on the eastern margin of the trail.
B. The most violent volcanic activity apparently occurred at the western margin of the trail.
C. The craters and cinder cones are evenly spaced throughout the extent of the trail.
D. The newest craters and cinder cones are on the eastern margin of the trail.
E. The craters and cinder cones on the western margin of the trail generally took longer to form. than did those on the eastern margin.
In recent years shrimp harvests of commercial fishermen in the South Atlantic have declined dramatically in total weight. The decline is due primarily to competition from a growing number of recreational fishermen, who are able to net young shrimp in the estuaries where they mature. Which of the following regulatory actions would be most likely to help increase the shrimp harvests of commercial fishermen？
A. Requiring commercial fishermen to fish in estuaries.
B. Limiting the total number of excursions per season for commercial fishermen.
C. Requiring recreational fishermen to use large-mesh nets in their fishing.
D. Putting an upper limit on the size of the shrimp recreational fishermen are allowed to catch.
E. Allowing recreational fishermen to move out of estuaries into the South Atlantic.
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