The high cost of production

Answer choices

1. A

   No Impact3% picked this

   A few opera ticket purchasers go to the opera for the sake of going to the opera, not

   Whether some ticket-buyers attend for the experience rather than for specific productions doesn't bear on whether opera companies could afford to produce less famous operas under the new funding model. The author's claim is about which operas can be produced, not why audiences attend.

   3%
2. B

   No Impact9% picked this

   The reduction of opera production budgets would not reduce the desire of large corporate sponsors

   The argument is about what happens after reducing production budgets to a level supportable by box-office plus donations. Whether sponsors remain willing to support operas at the higher budget level doesn't affect whether the smaller budget supports less famous operas.

   9%
3. C

   Correct73% picked this

   Without the support of large corporate sponsors, opera companies could not afford to produce any but the

   Why this is right

   This is the alternative explanation the author missed. If, without corporate sponsors, opera companies could only afford to produce the most famous operas anyway, then cutting the sponsors doesn't free up less famous operas — it just shrinks the budget while keeping the same lineup. The whole point of the plan was to expose audiences to less famous operas, and this answer says that won't happen. The conclusion is undermined.

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

   73%
4. D

   No Impact0% picked this

   Large corporate sponsors will stop supporting opera productions if they are denied control over which

   This is consistent with the plan, not against it. The author is already proposing to do without corporate sponsors. That sponsors will withdraw if denied control is exactly the situation the author is willing to accept. It does not undermine the conclusion that less-famous operas will then be produced.

   0%
5. E

   No Impact14% picked this

   The combination of individual donations and box-office receipts cannot match the amounts of money obtained through

   The plan already involves reducing production budgets so they fit what box-office and donations can support. Whether donations and box-office can match corporate funding is irrelevant — the author isn't claiming they will; the author is saying budgets will shrink to match. The conclusion is unaffected.

   14%