The man's assertion establishes that he
(A) owes the money the cable service claims he owes
(B) did watch programs that were shown on the cable service
(C) does owe the cable service an amount of money, but less than $662
(D) was aware that his hookup to the cable service was unauthorized
(E) is willing to pay a moderate price of the cable service
9. The theoretical principle of democracy is majority rule, but at least in presidential politics majority rule has never triumphed. In every presidential election, more people of voting age failed to vote than voted for the eventual winner. "None of the above" is evidently the perennially favorite candidate of most citizens.
The conclusion of the passage is based on which of the following assumptions?
(A) Nonresidential elections are less worthy Of study than are presidential election.
(B) People of voting age who fail to vote in presidential elections do so to express their dissatisfaction with the candidates.
(C) A presidential candidate need not receive votes from a majority of those who actually vote in order to win an election.
(D) The ratio of voters to nonvoter among those of voting age indicates the relative popularity of the competing candidates.
(E) The principle of majority rule has never been correctly defined.
10. Scientists do not live or work in isolation from the rest of the world. They toil in government laboratories, universities, and industry. Yet they espouse only what scientific evidence convinces them is true, not what the public wants to hear. In fact, nothing ruins scientific research faster than mixing it with political considerations.