A
Because no single person is the author of a folktale, folktales must reflect the values of a culture rather than those of an individual.
B
Folktales are often oral traditions that persist from times when few people left written materials.
C
The manner in which a culture adapts its narratives reveals information about the values of that culture.
D
The ancient narratives persist largely because they speak to basic themes and features of the human condition.
E
Folktales are often morality tales, used to teach children the values important to a culture.
It has been argued that the immense size of Tyrannosaurus rex would have made it so slow that it could only have been a scavenger, not a hunter, since it would not have been able to chase down its prey. This, however, is an overly hasty inference. T. rex’s prey, if it was even larger than T. rex, would probably have been slower than T. rex.
Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
The author concludes that the theory that Tyrannosaurus rex was exclusively a scavenger is an overly hasty inference. As support for this conclusion, the author addresses a possibility that those who believe that T. rex was a scavenger fail to consider: that the prey of T. rex could be even larger than T. rex. If this was the case, then the prey would probably have been slower than T. rex. This possibility weakens the theory that T. rex was primarily a scavenger.
Identify Argument Part
The claim in the question stem is the inference that the author concludes was made too hastily.
A
It is a hypothesis that is claimed in the argument to be logically inconsistent with the conclusion advanced by the argument.
The conclusion advanced by the argument is just that the theory that T. rex was exclusively a scavenger is a hasty inference. There is no logical inconsistency here; the author is just asserting that the given evidence is not enough.
B
It is a hypothesis that the argument contends is probably false.
The author does not claim that the hypothesis in the question stem is probably false––this language is too strong. The author only claims that this hypothesis was “overly hasty,” meaning that we cannot make this conclusion from the information given.
C
It is a hypothesis that the argument attempts to undermine by calling into question the sufficiency of the evidence.
In asserting that the claim in the question stem is “overly hasty,” the author is saying that this claim doesn’t have enough support, not that it’s false. This is why (C) is correct––the author claims that the evidence is not sufficient to claim that T. rex was a scavenger.
D
It is offered as evidence in support of a hypothesis that the argument concludes to be false.
The claim in the question stem is the hypothesis that the author is discussing; it is not offered as evidence of a hypothesis.
E
It is offered as evidence that is necessary for drawing the conclusion advanced by the argument.
The statement in the question stem is the hypothesis that the author claims was an overly hasty inference; it is not offered as evidence.