medium · LSAT Logical Reasoning
A historian argues that the invention of the printing press was the most significant factor in the spread of the Reformation in Europe. The historian points out that the number of printed books increased dramatically during this period.
Which of the following is an assumption required by the argument?
- A meaningful share of the newly printed books carried ideas connected to the Reformation.
- Most people in Reformation-era Europe were literate enough to read the printed books themselves.
- The Reformation would never have happened at all had the printing press not been invented.
- Printed books exerted more influence than oral tradition or handwritten letters did in the sixteenth century.
- The dramatic rise in printed books has been confirmed by surviving records from the period.
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