3 3 12. In a scene in an ancient Greek play, Knights, the 14, Several Tyrannosau
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3 3 12. In a scene in an ancient Greek play, Knights, the 14, Several Tyrannosaurus nex skeletons found in North character Demosthenes opens a writing tablet on which an oracle had wnnen prophecy, and while looking the tablet, he continucously expresses his amazement at its contents. His companion presses him for infeemation, America coetain tooth marks that only a large carnivore could have made. At the time T rex lived, it was the only lwege carmivore in North America. The tooth marks could have resuhed only from combat or feeding. But such tooth marks would have been almost impossible to inflict on the skeletoe of a live animal whereupon Demosthenes explains what the oracie Of the following claims, which one ean most justifiably The information above most strongly supports which one of the following? be rejected on the basis of the statements above? (A) In ancient Greek plays, characters are presumed T rex regularly engaged in combat with smaller carnivores At the time T. rex lived, it was common for carnivores to feed on other carmivores. (A) to know how to read unless their illiteracy is (B) (B) The character of Demosthenes in Ksights is not (C) rex sometimes engaged in canhalise. D) T rEx sometimes engaged in intraspecies comsbat (E) At the time T rex lived, there were on a historical figure. In ancient Greek plays, the reading aloud of written texts commonly occurred as part of the on-stage action In ancient Greece, people did not read silently to themselves Only rarely in ancient Groo were prophecies written down on writing tablets (C) large carnivores on continents other than (D) There is a popualar view among lbterary critics that poem can never be accuratcly paraphrased because poem is inself the only accurate expression of its meaning. But these same critics hold that their own paraphrases of particular poems are accurate. Thus, their view that poetry cameot be accurately peraphrased 15. 13. Science cannot adequately cxplain emotional phenomena such as feeling frustrated, falling in love, or being moved by a painting. Since they cannot be explained by physics, chomistry, or neurophysiology, human emotions The conclusion follows logically if which one of the (A) Whatever is not a physical phesomeson cannot (B) Nothing that can be felt by only one subject (C) Physics, chemistry, and seurophysiology have (D) Whatever is not a physical phenomenon is an E) Every physical phenomenon can be explained must not be physical phenomena. The reasoning in the argument is most vulherable to the criticism thatl the argument (A) presupposes the falsity of the view that it sets be explained by science. can be studied scientifically similar explanatory frameworks (B) akes for granted that the main purpose of (C) takes for granted that a paraphrase of a poem (D) provides no justification for favoring one of the (E) provides no justification for following one poems is to convey information rather than express feelings cannot be useful to its readers unless it accurately expresses a poem's meaning literary critics beliefs over the other particular definition of "paraphrase by physics, chemisery, or neurophysiology GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGEExplanation / Answer
12. The answer is “D” – This can be rejected as in the contents provided Demosthenes was reading the prophecy silently to himself. He was just saying aloud his amazement with regards to the content of the prophecy.
13. The answer is “E” – Every physical phenomenon can be explained by physics, chemistry or neurophysiology. Emotional behaviors cannot be explained by science and hence is considered as not being physical phenomena. It means that things that can be explained by science are physical phenomenon.
14. The answer is “D” – T.rex sometimes engaged in interspecies combat. We can easily conclude that the tooth marks is from another T. rex. Thus they engaged in combat with each other while they were alive.
15. The answer is “A” – presupposes the falsity of the view that it sets out to refute. Here the falsity of the view is that poems cannot be accurately paraphrased.
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