Multiple Choice
What is the best evaluation of this argument? "A university was saved from financial and academic disaster by its provost, who later went on to become a consultant. James Hoopster became a consultant after having served as a provost. So James Hoopster saved his university from financial and academic disaster."
A) It is a valid inference.
B) It is invalid because we do not know what a provost is.
C) It is invalid because we do now know when Hoopster was a provost.
D) It is invalid because we cannot be sure if we are referring to the same provost.
E) It is invalid because the dean saved the university from financial and academic disaster.
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