Which of the following sentences would provide the most logical conclusion for this paragraph?
(A) People who demand public subsidy of underground mass transportation are asking for an unprecedented kind of support.
(B) Because only the automobile incurs hidden expenses, this country should support underground mass transit systems.
(C) People who expect underground mass transit systems to operate without subsidy, therefore, are not being realist.
(D) Increasing emphasis on underground mass transportation, therefore, will change our style of life in ways we cannot even imagine.
(E) People who expect underground mass transit systems to gradually supplant out reliance on the automobile are not being realistic.
25. People who advocate gun control often do so because they think that potentially harmful weapons should be registered with proper authorities; but would they also be in favor of registering kitchen knives, crowbars, and even people's hands?
Which of the following parallels the method of argumentation above but argues for an opposing view?
(A) If potentially harmful weapons like guns do not need to be registered, then why can citizens not posses their own atom bombs without government regulation?
(B) If the ownership of guns is controlled through a system of registration, would it not be harder for criminals to purchase and use such weapons?
(C) Since the Second Amendment guarantees citizens the right to bear arms, would it not be unconstitutional for that right to be limited, even by the government?
(D) Since the government issues many regulations governing ordinary activities, why should it not regulate a serious activity like the use of handguns and rifles?
(E) If the government requires that guns be registered, then what is to stop it from requiring that hunting bows, spears, and even fishing rods be registered?
Questions 1-7
A band has five members-Jack, Karen, Louse, Mark, and Nancy. Whenever they give a performance, each of them plays one of five instruments-a banjo, a drum, a guitar, a harmonica, and a piano. All five instruments are used in each performance.
Karen is able to play only the banjo.
Jack is able to play only the harmonica.
Nancy is able to play any instrument except the piano.
Mark is able to play both the guitar and the drum, but no other instruments.
Louise is able to play any instrument.
1. Which of the following could be true?
(A) Mark plays the drum at a performance.
(B) Karen plays the harmonica at a performance.
(C) Jack plays the piano at a performance.
(D) Nancy plays the piano at a performance.
(E) Louise plays the harmonica at a performance.
2. What instrument must Louise play at a performance?
(A) Banjo
(B) Drum
(C) Guitar
(D) Harmonica
(E) Piano
3. Which of the following CANNOT be true?
(A) Jack plays the harmonica at a performance.
(B) Karen plays the piano at a performance.
(C) Nancy plays the drum at a performance.
(D) Mark plays the guitar at a performance.
(E) Louise plays the piano at a performance.
4. If Nancy plays the drum at a performance, who plays the guitar?
(A) Jack
(B) Karen
(C) Louise
(D) Mark
(E) Nanc