Critical Reasoning

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IMO E

Stuck between B and E, but will go for B.
The policy discussed here is the quarantine of imported domesticated animals. It is indeed an effective policy, since it helps keep Britain rabies-free. The objection one might have to this policy is that it does not control wild animals. That is however outside the purpose of the policy. The thing that makes me think that B is better than E was the phrase "rabies spread by bats" at the end of the argument.

Will go with E.

OA E

DanaJ wrote:Stuck between B and E, but will go for B.
The policy discussed here is the quarantine of imported domesticated animals. It is indeed an effective policy, since it helps keep Britain rabies-free. The objection one might have to this policy is that it does not control wild animals. That is however outside the purpose of the policy. The thing that makes me think that B is better than E was the phrase "rabies spread by bats" at the end of the argument.

But the passage says the quarantine was supposed to prevent widespread outbreaks of rabies in general, regardless of what type of animal causes the outbreaks. The objection raised is not irrelevant b/c the quarantine was supposed to stop ALL rabies outbreaks, but the objection shows that bats can still bring rabies to Britain.

The official answer is E. But I don't understand why? Can anyone explain