Critical Reasoning

Several years ago I was required to teach GMAT to university entrance students. Part of the GMAT syllabus involved multiple-choice critical reasoning questions, designed to test a student's ability to identify the structure of arguments and spot flaws in those arguments.

I have included those notes and sample questions here. As you go through them, you will inevitably spot references to GMAT. If you are not a GMAT student yourself, just ignore those.

Theory

• Assumptions

• False comparisons

• Some Xs are Ys

• Logical Reasoning

• Logical Fallacies

Tests

• Test 1