Although there is no record of poet Edmund Spenser's parentage, we do know that as a youth Spenser attended the Merchant Tailors
' School in London for a period between 1560 and 1570. Records from this time indicate that the Merchant Tailors' Guild then had only three members named Spenser: Robert Spenser, listed as a gentleman; Nicholas Spenser, elected the Guild's Warden in 1568; and John Spenser, listed as a "journeyman cloth-maker." Of these, the last was likely the least affluent of the three-and most likely Edmund's father, since school accounting records list Edmund as a scholar who attended the school at a reduced fee. Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
(A) Anybody in sixteenth century London who made clothing professionally would have had to be a member of the Merchant Tailors' Guild.
(B) The fact that Edmund Spenser attended the Merchant Tailors' School did not necessarily mean that he planned to become a tailor.
(C) No member of the Guild could become Guild warden in sixteenth century London unless he was a gentleman.
(D) Most of those whose fathers were members of the Merchant Tailors' Guild were students at the Merchant Tailors' School.
(E) The Merchant Tailors' School did not reduce its fees for the children of the more affluent Guild members.
E). The Merchant Tailors' School did not reduce its fees for the children of the more affluent Guild members.
Explanation:
As per the question, option E displays the assumption 'the Merchant Tailors' School did not reduce its fees for the children of the more affluent Guild members' on which the argument lies as it is rightly assumed by logic. This assumption clearly justifies the conclusion 'lesser affluent families receiving a fee reduction' aptly. The other options fail to validate the conclusion as it offers an illogical yet inappropriate claim. Therefore, <u>option E</u> is the correct answer as it reasonably justifies the claim/argument.
