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A newly discovered painting seems to be the work of one of two seventeenth-century artists either the northern German Johannes Drechen or the Frenchmen Louis Birelle who sometimes painted in the same style as Drechne. Analysis of the carved picture frame which has been identified as the paintings original seventeenth-century frame showed that it is made of wood found widely in northern Germany at the time but rare in the part of France where Birelle lived. This shows that the painting is most likely the work of Drechen.
Which of the following is an assumption that the arguments requires?

The frame was made from wood local to the region where the picture was painted

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Drechen is unlikely to have ever visited the home region of Birelle in France

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Sometimes a painting so resembles others of its era that no expert is able to confidently decide who painted it

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The painter of the picture chose chose the frame for the picture

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The carving style of the picture frame is not typical of any specific region of Europe

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Solution

The correct option is B The frame was made from wood local to the region where the picture was painted
Compared to the other options, it is only option A that links the argument and the conclusion together. If we deny the assumption that the wood of the frame was probably local to the region where the picture was painted, then the wood could have come from any other part of the world. This does not anything about who painted the painting. The negation of this assumption will destroy the entire argument. The same cannot be said of the other options. Thus, A is our answer.

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