Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in 1912 because it collided with an iceberg. Four of the ship's 16
watertight compartments could have been flooded without the ship sinking. However the iceberg tore several gashes in the hull, flooding 5 of these compartments.
A) Argument; conclusion: The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in 1912.
B) Argument; conclusion: The iceberg tore several gashes ... of these compartments.
C) Nonargument.
D) Argument; conclusion: Four of the ship's watertight compartments ... ship sinking.
E) Argument; conclusion: The Titanic collided with an iceberg.
C
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