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Which of the following most directly refutes the argument raised in the advertisement above?
The lobbyists argued that because there is no statistical evidence that breathing other people’s tobacco smoke
increases the incidence of heart disease or lung cancer in healthy nonsmokers, legislation banning smoking in
workplaces cannot be justified on health grounds.
Of the following, which is the best criticism of the argument reported above?
Using art to condemn the moral shortcomings of society is nothing new. English artist William Hogarth (1697 –
1764) was renowned for prints that revealed the moral lapses of eighteenth-century England. Despite the fact
that Hogarth enjoyed the patronage of England’s wealthier citizens, he did not shrink away from producing
scathing depictions of all levels of English society.
In the ten-print series Industry and Idleness, Hogarth presents two apprentices who begin working side by side
only to arrive at vastly different ends. The first apprentice is portrayed as a morally incorruptible, diligent worker.
He is promoted, marries his boss’s daughter, and achieves great distinction and financial success. The other
apprentice does little work and engages in many unsavory activities. He is fired from his apprenticeship and
continues down a path of illicit behavior and corruption. The series comes to a climax when the two former
coworkers are reunited with the industrious apprentice – now elevated to alderman – standing in judgment of
the idle coworker brought before him for murder. The idle apprentice is sentenced to death and executed,
whereas the industrious apprentice goes on to become Lord Mayor of London. Among Hogarth’s most popular
series was The Rake’s Progress, which tells the story of wealthy Tom Rakewell. In the first of eight prints, Tom
inherits a large sum of money that he foolishly spends on enhancing his image and prestige in superficial ways.
His prodigal ways lead to his rapid decline as he is arrested for debt and in return marries an old maid for her
money. He begins gambling, is imprisoned, and eventually goes insane in Bedlam. Tom’s descent and
desperate outcome, like many of Hogarth’s subjects, is tied directly to moral corruption and poor self-discipline.
It is interesting that Hogarth’s prints were extremely popular in his day. Whatever the moral shortcomings of
eighteenth-century England, its citizens welcomed Hogarth’s social critiques and harsh judgments.
The passage suggests that Hogarth’s work is important because
A Hawk can glide for 4 consecutive hours without resting using thermals only. An eagle can glide 14.5% longer
without resting using the same thermals. If an eagle makes 3 stops during a certain glide, each stop after
gliding its maximum possible time, how many hours long was the glide not including the resting time?