PT142.S1.Q11

PrepTest 142 - Section 1 - Question 11

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Critic: In her presentation of important works of art in her art history textbook, Waverly claims to have presented only objective accounts: "I have sought neither to advocate nor to denigrate what I included." In writing about art, a pretense of objectivity never succeeds: clearly, Waverly writes much better about art she likes than about art to which she is indifferent.

Summary

According to the critic, pretending to be objective when writing about art never succeeds. Waverly claims to be objective when in her art history textbook. However, Waverly writes much better about art she likes than about art she’s indifferent about.

Strongly Supported Conclusions

Waverly does not actually write about art in the objective way she intended.

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11.

The critic's statements, if true, ████ ████████ ███████ █████ ███ ██ ███ ██████████

a

Waverly believes that █ █████████ ██ ███ ██████ ███ ██████ ███████ █████ ██ ███ ██ █████ █████ ██ ████

This answer is unsupported. We don’t know what Waverly believes about how anyone should feel. We only know that she tried (and failed) to hide her own preferences in her textbook.

2%
b

Waverly has only ████████ █████ ██ ███ ████ ███ ███ ██████ ████████ █████ ██ ███ █████████

This answer is anti-supported. The critic discusses Waverly's writing about artworks to which she is "indifferent." This indicates she included these works, about which she did not have strong feelings, in her textbook.

4%
c

Waverly wrote her ████████ ████ ███ █████████ ██ ██████████ ███ █████ ██ ███ ████ ███ █████ █████

This answer is unsupported. Waverly’s stated intention was to be objective in her writing. We can't assume she secretly intended something different.

4%
d

Waverly has not █████████ ██ ███ ████████ ███████████ █████ █████ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ███ █████████

This answer is strongly supported. If Waverly wrote about some artworks better than others based on her personal feelings, then she is not writing objectively, as she claimed.

90%
e

Waverly does not ██████ ███████ ████ ███████████ ██ █ █████████ █████ ██ ██ ███ ███████ █████████

This answer is unsupported. Waverly claims that she tried to write her textbook objectively. We can't assume that she secretly feels that objectivity is undesirable.

1%

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