PT134.S4.P4.Q23

PrepTest 134 - Section 4 - Passage 4 - Question 23

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P1

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Background Positions · 1. High art; 2. radical
One view of art was that it was above the everyday. Another view of art was that it had to be politically useful.
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Dostoyevsky's View · Fantasy and reality are not in principle distinct (contra radical view)
Not sure what this means, but I suspect this may be the main point and the rest of the passage will flesh this out.
P2

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Radical View · Art must depict reality as is
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Critique · "Reality" is subjective
Reality is shaped by subjective experience. The writer's job is to blend reality and fantasy.
P3

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Radical View · Art must serve politics
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Critique · Art must stand or fall on its own merits
Literature has to be well written.
P4

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Radical View · Art must be useful
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Critique · How can we know what will be useful?
It's not possible to predict in what ways art may be useful.
Passage Style
Critique or debate
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23.

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a

proficiency at depicting ███ █████ ██ ███ █████████

The meaning of “useful” in context is the idea of contributing to the creation of a new society.

1%
b

effectiveness at communicating ███ ████████ █████

The meaning of “useful” in context is the idea of contributing to the creation of a new society.

7%
c

ability to help █████ █████ ██████ ██████

This best captures the meaning of useful in context, which is the idea of contributing to the creation of a new society.

86%
d

facility for exploding ███ ██████████ ██ ███ ████████ █████

The meaning of “useful” in context is the idea of contributing to the creation of a new society.

4%
e

capacity to advance █ ██████████ ██████ ██ ██████████

The meaning of “useful” in context is the idea of contributing to the creation of a new society.

2%

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