PT118.S4.Q8

PrepTest 118 - Section 4 - Question 8

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Ariel: Conclusion Government art subsidies never benefit art, for Support art's role is to challenge society's values. █ █████████ ███████ ████████ ███ █████████ ██ ███ ███████████ ███ ███████ ██████ █████████ ███ ████ ███████████ ████ █████ ████ ███████

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Speaker 1 Summary

Ariel argues that government art subsidies never benefit art because art's role is to challenge society's values. Ariel believes that since the government expresses society's values, artists who depend on government subsidies cannot challenge the institution that supports them.

Speaker 2 Summary

Sasha agrees that art should challenge society's values but believes that in a democratic society, a government encourages dissent and challenges to its values.

Objective

Disagree: Ariel and Sasha disagree that government subsidies can benefit art.

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8.

The dialogue most supports the █████ ████ █████ ███ █████ ████████ ████ ████ █████ █████ ███████

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art's role is ██ █████████ █████████ ██████

Ariel and Sasha both directly acknowledge and agree with this

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b

a society's values ███ █████████ ██ ███ ██████████

Ariel makes this claim, so she definitely agrees. Sasha does not address whether or not a government expresses society’s values.

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c

artists can express ██████████ ██████ ██ █ █████████████ ███████

Neither speaker gives details about what artists can/cannot do in a non-democratic society.

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d

art subsidies provided ██ █ ██████████ ██████████ ███████ ███

Ariel disagrees with this because she argues that government subsidies never benefit art. Sasha agrees with this because she believes that in a democratic society, art subsidies greatly help artists.

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e

only governments that ███████ ███████ ██████ ████ ███ █████████ ███ ██████ ███████████

Neither Ariel nor Sasha makes any statement about the fairness of the distribution of art subsidies or what kinds of governments ensure fair distribution.

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