PT 13 S2 Q8

Various mid-fourteenth century European writers show an interest in games, ... ...

The pattern of reasoning in which one of the following is most similar to that in the argument above?
(A) Neither today's newspapers nor this evening's television news mentioned a huge fire that was rumored to have happened in the port last night. Therefore, there probably was no such fire.
(B) ...
(C) ...
(D) ...
(E) ...

*This question is included in Parallel Structure: Intro Set