Cézanne’s art inspired the next

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong: highly controversial5% picked this

   Cézanne’s work is highly

   The fact that most experts would call him an early modernist while a small few would reject that idea isn't strong support for the changed term, "highly controversial". It could be that out of 1000 experts, 995 agree he was an early modernist and 5 reject that. We wouldn't call that highly controversial.

   5%
2. B

   Out of Scope11% picked this

   Cézanne was an early creator of

   Out of Scope: abstract art by Cezanne We know that Cezanne's work inspired modernist creators of abstract art, but that doesn't prove that Cezanne created any abstract art. And even if he did, we'd have no license for saying he was an early creator of abstract art.

   11%
3. C

   Correct61% picked this

   Cézanne’s work helped to develop

   Why this is right

   This is supported by the first sentence. It's unusual for the correct answer to receive support from only one claim, but since these claims didn't really fit together in any way, it's not shocking to see it with this stimulus. The first sentence said that "Cezanne's work inspired 20th century modernist creators of abstract art." If his work inspired modernists, can we say that his work helped to develop modernism? Sure, I guess. Modernists definitely developed modernism, and if his work inspired them, then we can say he somewhat helped to develop modernism.

   Skill tested: Most Supported · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   61%
4. D

   Unsupported: siding with the small few8% picked this

   Modern art owes less to Cézanne than many

   This answer is accepting the opinion of the "small few" as the correct one, but we have no way to support that they are more likely correct than are the majority of experts. Nothing in the passage really ever talks about "how much modern art owes" in the first place. We only debate whether to rank him as an early modernist or not.

   8%
5. E

   Unsupported: siding with the small few16% picked this

   Cézanne’s work tends to be misinterpreted

   This answer is accepting the opinion of the "small few" as the correct one, but we have no way to support that they are more likely correct than are the majority of experts. Maybe it is correct to interpret Cezanne's work as modernist, as most experts do.

   16%