Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Hard

PT144 S4 Q10 Explanation

Richard: Because it fails to meet

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Stimulus

Richard: Because it fails to meet the fundamental requirement of art—that it represent—abstract art will eventually an aberration.

Jung-Su: Although artists, like musicians, may reject literal representation, makers of abstract art choose to represent the purely formal features of objects, which are discovered only when everyday perspectives are rejected. Thus, whatever others is part of the artistic mainstream.

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
10.

Richard and Jung-Su disagree over

Answer choices

  1. Probably Agree1% picked this

    makers of abstract art reject literal

    Richard doesn't think abstract art represents anything, so he'd believe makers of abstract art reject (any type of) representation. Jung-su conceded that abstract art "may reject literal representation".

  2. No Comment Person 24% picked this

    the fundamental requirement of art is that

    Jung-Su never addresses anything about any fundamental requirements of art.

  3. No Comment Person 10% picked this

    musicians may reject literal

    Richard never discusses anything about musicians. Also, given how softly this is worded, it's hard to imagine anyone in the world disagreeing with this. Someone would have to be arguing "Musicians never reject literal representation".

  4. No Comment Person 225% picked this

    abstract art will be seen as

    Richard agrees with this claim, but Jung-Su is noncommittal. She only speaks for the present day, not the future. In regards to the future, she says "whatever others might come to say", which means she hasn't expressed an opinion one way or the other about what people might say in the future. For her last sentence to disagree with this claim, it would need to employ a future tense: Abstract art is part of the artistic mainstream, and will stay that way.

  5. Correct70% picked this

    abstract art is

    Why this is right

    Richard disagrees, saying that abstract art fails to meet the requirement "that it represent". In other words, Richard is saying that abstract art is nonrepresentational. Jung-Su agrees, because says, "Although abstract artists may reject literal representation, they choose to represent the purely formal features of objects."

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

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