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So in order to answer this we are assuming that "fear" and "afraid" are perfect synonyms for each other? I didn't choose D because I thought it was doing a bait + switch between those two words.

"Fearful" and "afraid" are synonyms. There is never any flaw in using a synonym. That's semantics, not logic, and you don't need to ever worry about it.


I choice the correct answer but I was a little tripped up with answer choice E. Using the contrapositive, I thought absence of fear ---> Non courageous. Could you explain why E is incorrect.

(E) telling us that a person doesn't have fear in some situations is not sufficient to conclude that she therefore doesn't have fear in any situation. From (E) we could only conclude that she isn't courageous in those situations in which she doens't feel fear. Not in every situation.

Hey Dave,
I was able to eliminate A, B, and E easily. However, I picked C. My reasoning for doing so is that I felt it was inferring a 'softer' version of what it said in the passage.
I am getting confused at how:
"A person who happens to derive pleasure from SOME dangerous activities" is not just a softer version of
"To face danger SOLELY because doing so affords one a certain pleasure"
It seems like it should be obvious, but I'm not getting it! Sorry!

Well, it sort of is a softer version of the first sentence. That's why we don't know for sure that it's true. Consider this:
Wearing solely a hat in public will constitute public indecency.
Does that mean that wearing a hat in public constitutes public indecency?
Same thing here. Doing it solely for pleasure means something. Doing it at least partly for pleasure? Don't know what that might mean.