Futurist: Artists in the next

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Stimulus

Futurist: Artists in the next century will be supported largely by private patrons. Because these patrons will almost invariably be supporters of the social order—whatever it happens to be at the time—art in the next century will rarely express to be subversive of that social order.

What this question is testing

Principle-Strengthen

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.

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The question

Which one of the following principles, if valid, provides the most support for

Answer choices

Correct90% picked this
Art patrons tend not to support artists whose art expresses social and political views that are in
Why this is right
Answer A is correct.
Skill tested: Principle-Strengthen · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
90%
Trap3% picked this
Art patrons tend to be more interested in formal artistic problems than in the social and political
3%
Trap1% picked this
Artists are as prone to attack the contemporary social and political order in their work as they
1%
Trap5% picked this
Artists tend to become more critical of contemporary social and political arrangements after they are freed of their
5%
Trap1% picked this
Art patrons tend to oppose all social change except that initiated
1%

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