MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Question 32: Answer and Explanation
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Question: 32
5. The author most likely included the joke about the old married couple in order to:
- A. provide further evidence of innumeracy in the elderly.
- B. argue that couples in their nineties should not seek divorce.
- C. illustrate the significance of an understanding of apt quantities based on context.
- D. further support a point made in paragraph 3.
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
C This is a Structure question.
A: No. The passage never discusses innumeracy specifically in the elderly.
B: No. The author makes no personal judgment on whether or not people should divorce.
C: Yes. This answer choice paraphrases the first sentence of paragraph 6, which explicitly refers to the joke.
D: No. Paragraph 3 discusses errors in judging risks. The joke in paragraph 5 relates to understanding appropriate quantities and times, as the author indicates in the paragraph immediately following the joke itself.