There is a difference between

Answer choices

1. A

   Correct62% picked this

   The most beautiful artworks are the

   Why this is right

   The author was trying to prove that beauty and truth are different things by saying, "Look, there are examples where most realistic ? best". Okay, what does that have to do with beauty and truth? The author thinks that he's presenting examples that show, most truthful ? most beautiful He established that "most realistic = most truthful" but didn't say out loud "best = most beautiful". (p.s. there's fewer than 5 examples ever when "most" was in a correct answer in Necessary Assumption)

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

   62%
2. B

   Too Strong12% picked this

   If an artwork contains nonrealistic elements, then it is not at

   Too Strong: not at all truthful Unrelated to Goal: beauty Our author has only said that "the most realistic pieces are the most truthful". That doesn't commit her to believing this fake opposite idea that "if anything is nonrealistic, then there is ZERO truthfulness".

   12%
3. C

   Too Strong: none6% picked this

   None of the best artworks are

   The author only says that "many of the most realistic artworks aren't among the best", but that statement certainly leaves plenty of room for many of the most realistic artworks to be among the best. And then of course, there are tons of artworks that could be outside the category of "most realistic" but still within the category of "realistic" that might also be among the best.

   6%
4. D

   Reversal18% picked this

   Only the best artworks are

   "only" = necessary condition (put it on the right side) This is saying "if it's beautiful, then it's the best". But we actually need to know "if it's the best, then it's beautiful". The author's evidence is only about the best artworks. But somehow her conclusion is supposedly about beauty. When she's talking about "the best artworks", she is assuming that we're talking about "the most beautiful artworks". So, conditionally, we're thinking, "when she says the best, she means the most beautiful", which would look like, best ? beautiful If we negated this answer, it would just mean that "there is at least one artwork that is beautiful that is not among the best artworks". That wouldn't be an objection to this argument, so this isn't a necessary assumption.

   18%
5. E

   Out of Scope: subjective3% picked this

   An artwork’s beauty is inherently subjective and depends on who is

   The author doesn't need to invoke any sense that "beauty is subjective". In fact, the author seems to kind of be acting as though we can talk about which artworks are the best, the most realistic, the most truthful, the most beautiful, so if anything he's acting as though beauty is a discernible, inherent quality.

   3%