Question ID:PT56 S3 Q1 Passage:Anna: Did you know that rainbows always occur opposite the sun, appearing high in the sky when the sun is low, and low in the sky when the sun is high? The Roman scholar Pliny the Elder claimed that this was so, in the first century A.D.William: His claim cannot be correct. After all, Pliny the Elder wrote that there are tribes of dog-headed people and beings with no heads or necks but with eyes on their shoulders, and said that smearing snails on your forehead cures headaches! Stem:William's argument against Anna's claims about rainbows is most vulnerable to criticism because it Correct Answer Choice:CChoice A:inappropriately distorts Anna's conclusion, making it appear more extreme than it really is Choice B:takes for granted that Pliny the Elder was in bad faith when he reported about unheard-of creatures Choice C:illicitly infers that, because Pliny the Elder made some incorrect assertions, Pliny the Elder's assertions about rainbows are also incorrect Choice D:accepts the assertions of an ancient scholar without presenting contemporary verification of that scholar's views Choice E:implies that Pliny the Elder's writings are too outdated to be of any value