Logical Reasoning

PT118 · S1 · Q10 Rachel: Though contemporary artists are

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Rachel: Though contemporary artists are pleased to be free of the constraints that bound their predecessors, this freedom has caused a decline in the quality of art.

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

10.

On the basis of their statements, Rachel and James are committed to disagreeing with each other about whether

  1. Correct

    contemporary art is of lower

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

    83% picked this

  2. contemporary artists are bound by

    Trap

    6% picked this

  3. great art is produced only

    Trap

    4% picked this

  4. inferior art from past eras

    Trap

    1% picked this

  5. one can correctly assess the

    Trap

    5% picked this

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