Question ID:PT21 S3 Q5 Passage:Since Professor Smythe has been head of the department, the most distinguished member of the faculty has resigned, fewer new courses have been developed, student enrollment has dropped, and the reputation of the department has gone down. These facts provide conclusive evidence that Professor Smythe was appointed to undermine the department. Stem:The reasoning in the argument is flawed because the argument Correct Answer Choice:CChoice A:overlooks the fact that something can have the reputation for being of poor quality without being of poor quality Choice B:bases a general claim on a few exceptional instances Choice C:assumes that because an action was followed by a change, the action was undertaken to bring about that change Choice D:fails to distinguish between a decline in quantity and a decline in quality Choice E:presupposes what it purports to establish