Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Patricia: During Japan's Tokugawa period, martial arts experts known

Patricia: During Japan's Tokugawa period, martial arts experts known as ninjas were trained for the purposes of espionage and assassination. Yet at that time there was actually very little ninja activity in Japan, and most Japanese did not fear ninjas.

Tamara: That is not true. Many wealthy Japanese during the Tokugawa period had their houses constructed with intentionally squeaky floors so that they would receive warning if a ninja were in the house.

Of the following, which one, if true, is the strongest counter Patricia can make to Tamara's objection?

(A) Many poorJapanese during the Tokugawa period also had houses constructed with intentionally squeaky floors. - WRONG. Were "many" equalled" "most"?

(B) As part of their secret training, ninjas learned to walk on squeaky floors without making a sound. - WRONG. 2nd best. But still wealthy could make squeaky reasons. This does not clearly clarifies whether these floors had any impact or not. Many assumptions
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Statistics : Posted by unraveled • on 03 Sep 2020, 09:01 • Replies 10 • Views 4618

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