Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Medium

PT17 S3 Q14 Explanation

Many artists claim that art critics

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Stimulus

Many artists claim that art critics find it is easier to write about art that they dislike than to write about art that they like. Whether or not this hypothesis is correct, most art criticism is devoted to art works that fail to satisfy the critic. Hence to works other than the greatest works of art.

What this question is testing

Sufficient Assumption

Your task

Find the assumption that, if added, guarantees the conclusion follows.

Common trap

Answers that only partly bridge the gap, leaving the conclusion unproven.

Winning move

Identify the new term in the conclusion and pick the choice that links it to the evidence.

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The question
14.

The conclusion above is properly drawn if which one of the following

Answer choices

  1. Trap1% picked this

    No art critic enjoys writing about art works that he or

  2. Trap9% picked this

    All art critics find it difficult to discover art works that

  3. Trap8% picked this

    A work of art that receives extensive critical attention can thereby become more widely known than it

  4. Trap2% picked this

    The greatest works of art are never recognized as such until long after the time

  5. Correct80% picked this

    The greatest works of art are works that inevitably satisfy

    Why this is right

    Answer E is correct.

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

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