Surrealist: Many artists mistakenly think

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct75% picked this

   An artist’s work should not merely represent objects from outside

   Why this is right

   This is a restatement of the first sentence. "it is wrong to take models only from outside" means the same as "artists should not only represent models from outside the psyche".

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

   75%
2. B

   Unstated2% picked this

   Artistic representation is used solely to preserve and

   On Main Conclusion, we're not trying to pick an answer that describes a potential Inference or Assumption. We're trying to find the author's explicit conclusion and then pick an answer that restates that claim. The author never said that artistic representation is used solely to preserve and reinforce objects. He said that "using the power of artistic representation solely to preserve and reinforce this type of object would be a waste".

   2%
3. C

   Unstated18% picked this

   Artists should not base all their work on

   On Main Conclusion, we're not trying to pick an answer that describes a potential Inference or Assumption. We're trying to find the author's explicit conclusion and then pick an answer that restates that claim. The author never said that artists shouldn't base all their work on mere representation. The author said that artists shouldn't base all their work off models taken from outside the psyche.

   18%
4. D

   Counterpoint3% picked this

   Great art can confer beauty even upon very vulgar

   The conclusion is the first claim and the premise is the third claim. The second claim, which this answer is regurgitating is a concession to his opponents, a counterpoint. There will never be a Main Conclusion prefaced by the word "Although".

   3%
5. E

   Unstated2% picked this

   True works of art rarely represent objects from outside

   The author never talks about what "true" works of art represent.

   2%