The Modern Movement

Answer choices

1. A

   Out of Scope: delayed appreciation8% picked this

   innovative architects whose work was not immediately appreciated by

   We have to match our answer up with the passage, which tells us these two things about Wagner and Frank: - they got identified as innovators - proponents of Modernism drew attention to the Modern aspects of their work, conveniently ignoring other aspects No part of that support text sounds like "the public took a while to appreciate it".

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2. B

   Correct73% picked this

   architects whom proponents of the Modern Movement claimed represented

   Why this is right

   This is the best match for our support text: - they got identified as innovators - proponents of Modernism only drew attention to the Modern aspects of their work, conveniently ignoring other aspects The verb 'claimed' probably feels pretty out of scope, since we only heard that proponents of Modernism drew attention to the Modern features and conveniently ignored the non-Modern features. But the wider context of the 2nd paragraph helps to inform this answer choice (such is usually the case on Local Purpose questions). The Modern Movement is insisting on itself. It's dominating mainstream architecture and criticism. Architects who aren't doing Modern stuff are ignored by proponents. So when an architect gets as famous as Wagner and Wright, the proponents can't just ignore them, so they have to pretend like Wagner and Wright are Modernists themselves, by accentuating their Modern aspects and downplaying their non-Modern aspects.

   Skill tested: Local Purpose · how this choice captures the passage's function is the move to repeat next time.

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3. C

   Out of Scope: popularize Modernism9% picked this

   architects whose work helped to popularize the

   The available support text doesn't say anything about Wagner and Wright being examples of architects whose work helped to popularize Modernism. They're just identified as architects who got some fame for being innovative. The proponents of the Modern Movement tried to act like Wagner and Wright were doing Modern stuff (by ignoring the non-Modern aspects of their work), but the passage doesn't say that Wagner and Wright made the Modern Movement more popular. If anything, it sounds like the Movement was already popular by 1945, when its tenets had come to dominate mainstream architecture.

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4. D

   Out of Scope: interpret / dictate2% picked this

   architects who generally attempted to interpret the needs of their clients, rather than

   The available support text says nothing about whether Wagner or Wright were more likely to interpret their clients' needs or dictate what should be done with the client's place.

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5. E

   Too Strong: at odds Wrong Purpose8% picked this

   architects whose early work seemed to architects of the Modern Movement to be at odds with

   The passage doesn't specify "early work", but since we're talking about them when they were first being identified as innovators, it's pretty reasonable to allow that language. Is the author presenting them "as a case of architects whose work was at odds with the principles of Modernism"? No. The passage reveals that there are definitely some aspects of their work that is at odds with Modernism. But it also says that there were features of their work that were harmonious with Modernism. The author brought them up "as a case of popular architects whom the proponents of Modernism would try to appreciate as though their work was Modern."

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