Elaine: The purpose of art

Answer choices

1. A

   Out Of Scope11% picked this

   many artistic masterpieces are not recognized as such by

   Out Of Scope: “masterpieces not recognized as masterpieces” Neither person says anything about pieces of art that rightly should be considered masterpieces but haven’t been by experts.

   11%
2. B

   Correct72% picked this

   museums should seek to represent all genres of art in

   Why this is right

   Elaine says yes to this, while Fred says, “No, they have limited resources and instead should seek to maximize their number of masterpieces”.

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

   72%
3. C

   Agree3% picked this

   art museums should seek to preserve works

   They would agree on this claim. They both think that museums should be preserving certain types of work.

   3%
4. D

   Trap6% picked this

   an art museum ought to acquire an unusual example of a period or genre if more characteristic

   Both Disagree Out Of Scope: “prohibitively expensive” Neither person discusses such a specific hypothetical. Since Elaine wants the best examples, not necessarily an unusual example, she would probably disagree. And Fred would disagree because he wants museums to pursue masterpieces.

   6%
5. E

   Too Strong: “all”7% picked this

   all of the artworks that experts identify as masterpieces are

   We wouldn’t be able to infer that either person agrees to this incredibly strong claim. Also, neither person is talking about this issue that A and E mention, of whether there are works that are masterpieces but aren’t recognized as such, or works that are recognized as such but aren’t masterpieces.

   7%