If a question asks about challenging or strengthening a claim (i.e., which of the following is strengthened/weakened by this?), does the claim have to be one that the author made (agrees with) or can it be a claim found in the passage but is a counterpoint to the author’s idea?
For the question "The passage suggests that the author would probably disagree with which of the following statements?", do we always have to assume that the answer is something discussed in the passage?
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