QUESTION TYPE: Must be True
PARADOX: There are two kinds of horror stories:
- Horror stories about monstrous beasts: In some of these, the monster symbolizes a psychological disturbance in the protagonist.
- Horror stories involving a mad scientist: These typically (most of the time) express the author’s skepticism about science.
Both types of stories: i. describe violations of the laws of nature; ii. are intended to produce dread in the reader.
ANALYSIS: There aren’t many conclusions we can draw here. We can combine what is true of all horror stories with what we know about the subtypes. For example:
Some stories about monstrous beasts also: i. describe violations of the laws of nature; ii. are intended to produce dread in the reader.
Or
Most horror stories involving a mad scientist also: i. describe violations of the laws of nature; ii. are intended to produce dread in the reader.
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- No. We only know that this is true for those horror stories about monstrous beasts. The stimulus tells us nothing about other descriptions of monstrous beasts (in other books, on Wikipedia, etc.)
- That’s true of some descriptions of violations of the laws of nature (those in horror stories). We have no idea if it’s true of all such descriptions.
- We only know this is true of some monster stories, not of all horror stories.
- Careful, this is referring to most stories about mad scientists, not most horror stories about mad scientists. We only know about the latter.
- CORRECT. This is tricky, but correct. Some monster stories employ symbolism, though it’s mentioned indirectly: “the monster symbolizes a psychological….” And all horror stories describe violations of the laws of nature, include those with monster symbolism.
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