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. In 2002, the wealthy nations, including the United States, committed themselves to increasing development

assistance to poorer nations. Each would spend 0.7 percent of its gross national income on aid by 2015 . The Scandinavian countries are already close to that figure. Others have committed themselves to a specific time table to reach that goal. The United States has not. Currently we rank 22nd and dead last among donor nations. James Traub. "Freedom From Want"

A) Argument; conclusion: Currently we rank ... among donor nations.

B) Argument; conclusion: In 2002, the wealthy nations ... poorer nations.

C) Argument; conclusion: The United States has not.

D) Argument; conclusion: Each would spend ... on aid by 2015.

E) Nonargument.


E

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