Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT127 S2 Q21 Explanation

Tania: A good art critic

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TopicsAgree/Disagree

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Stimulus

Tania: A good art critic is not fair in the ordinary sense; it is only about things that do not interest one that one can give a truly unbiased opinion. Since art art cannot be separated from emotion.

Monique: Art is not simply a passion. The best art critics passionately engage with the artwork, but render their criticism only after shedding all consulting general principles of aesthetics.

What this question is testing

Agree/Disagree

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
21.

The dialogue most strongly supports the claim that Tania and Monique disagree

Answer choices

  1. Half Scope17% picked this

    art is not simply a

    We know that Monique agrees with this, but we don't know if Tania thinks that art is only a passion, or if it's a passion in addition to other stuff.

  2. Correct60% picked this

    good art criticism is sometimes

    Why this is right

    Tania says NO to this claim. A good art critic is not fair/unbiased. Monique says YES, because the best critics shed their biases and use general principles to make their criticism.

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

  3. Both Disagree (?) / Out of Scope: "should"13% picked this

    art critics should not feel emotion

    They both expect critics to passionately / emotionally engage. And neither of them are even using "should" language.

  4. Too Strong / Both Agree (?)5% picked this

    fairness generally requires minimizing the influence

    We can't infer whether either person thinks that fairness usually, in more than 50% of cases, requires minimizing bias. It's likely, though, that both authors would agree that fair generally means unbiased.

  5. Too Strong: "the most important aspect"5% picked this

    the passionate engagement of the art critic with the artwork is the most important aspect

    Neither person discusses what is the most important part of art criticism, so we wouldn't be able to infer their positions on "#1 aspect".

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