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Psychological .novels are superior to novels of adventure. Immature readers prefer novels of adventure to novels with less action and greater psychological depth. The immature reader, who prefers James Bond's exploits to the subtleties of Henry James, can be identified easily by his choice of inferior reading matter. A criticism of the logic of this argument would be likely to find fault with the author's ____________________.

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Presupposing the conclusions he wishes to prove
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Failure to define "adventure" clearly
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Failure to cite possible exceptions to this rule .
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Hasty generalization on the basis of a limited specific case
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The correct option is A Presupposing the conclusions he wishes to prove
The author does not prove his point, but instead fixates on the assumption that readers who prefer adventurous novels to psychological novels are inferior and while readers who have an opposite preference order are superior:: He does not provide an explanation, and thus, option (a) is correct.

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