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What is the purpose of the Negation Test?

1. To confirm an assumption is necessary by checking whether its negation destroys the argument.
2. To rank all of the answer choices in order from most to least relevant to the topic.
3. To check whether the stated premises of the argument are actually factually accurate.
4. To identify a sufficient condition that, taken entirely on its own, guarantees the truth of the conclusion.
5. To find any conceivable reason at all why the conclusion of the argument might turn out to be false.

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