Question ID:PT77 S2 Q18 Passage:Historian:  Those who claim that Shakespeare did not write the plays commonly attributed to him are motivated purely by snobbery. Shakespeare was the son of a glove maker, whereas every other person proposed as the true author of the plays was an aristocrat, and many of those who argue that one or another of these aristocrats wrote the plays are the aristocrats' descendants. Stem:The reasoning in the historian's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument Correct Answer Choice:DChoice A:presumes, without providing justification, that a claim cannot be true if those who advance it are motivated by snobbery Choice B:takes for granted that anyone who is motivated purely by snobbery cannot also be motivated by legitimate historical evidence Choice C:fails to consider adequately the possible motives of those who claim that Shakespeare did write the plays commonly attributed to him Choice D:fails to exclude the possibility that there might be legitimate evidence motivating those who reject Shakespeare's authorship Choice E:makes use of an assumption that one would accept only if one has already accepted the truth of the conclusion