Q7 - Peraski: Although driving gas-guzzling

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Question Type:
ID the Disagreement

Stimulus Breakdown:
P: SUVs pollute more than Minis, but the Mini drivers could ride bikes, so they're hypocrites if they call SUV drivers out and so shouldn't do it.

J: Yes, it's hypocritical. But it's still good to speak out against pollution.

Answer Anticipation:
The two speak about hypocrisy, so there's overlap there. However, they agree that a certain action would be hypocritical, so it's not the answer here. Instead, I expect it to deal with whether people should speak out even when being hypocritical. P says that hypocrites cannot speak out; J thinks it would be worse not to.

Correct answer:
(D)

Answer choice analysis:
(A) Agree. They both seem to treat it as a given that SUVs pollute more. If anything, J doesn't have an opinion on this (I'd argue he does).

(B) Agree. They both admit to the hypocrisy.

(C) If anything, agree. P more or less explicitly states this, and J admits he could do better, suggesting he might agree.

(D) Bingo. J agrees with this; P disagrees.

(E) Half scope. J would disagree with this statement ("would be worse"). However, P doesn't weigh in on whether there's any difference; just whether one can reasonably act hypocritically.

Takeaway/Pattern:
Look for overlap between the two speakers!

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