PrepTest 142 - Section 3 - Passage 1 - Question 2

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Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense altogether: that of smell. ███ ██ █████ ███████ ███ █████ ████ ██████████ █████ ███ █████████████ ███ ████ ███████ █████ ████ ████████ ██ ███████████ █████████████ ███ ██████ █ ████ ███ ██ ████ █ ██████████ █████████ ███ █████████ █████ █ ████ ██ ███ █████████ ███████ ██ ██████ ███ ████ ███ ███████ ███ ████ ███████████ ██ █████ █████████

Author's position · Perfume should be considered as art

Possibly the main point; this sounds like a conclusion that the author will the spend the rest of the passage supporting

Support author's position · Analogy between perfume and painting

Compares paint ingredients to perfume ingredients

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Describe process · Painting

Built up in layers, with end product changing over time. The author began this paragraph with a discussion of analogy, so expect the next paragraph to show how the process of perfume-making is analogous to this.

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Support author's position · Further analogy

Perfume-makers ("noses") choose different scent combinations (like different paints) to create certain moods; end product changes over time

Support author's position · More analogy

Perfumes have similar effects to paintings or music: they all create imaginary worlds and evoke memories

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Hypothesis · Why others don't consider perfume as art

Commercialization of perfume undermines its quality

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Author's perspective · Disapproves of commercialization of perfume

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Phenomenon-hypothesis (RC)

Single position

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Author’s perspective

Implied

The author discusses altering formulas in the last paragraph: “The cynical bean counters in Paris and Zurich do not hesitate to tamper with old formulas, insisting on the substitution of cheap chemical compounds that approximately resemble rarer, better ingredients in an effort to increase profits.” The author dislikes changing an old formula to include cheap ingredients that resemble rarer, better ingredients. This indicates the author would probably approve of changing a formula in a way that replaces cheap chemical compounds with rarer, better ingredients, or in a way that makes it just like an “old” formula.

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Joy Parfum is simply one example of a masterpiece perfume. The author never suggests she’d approve of changes to other formulas to make them into something similar to Joy Parfum.

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Not supported, because the author expressed a negative opinion about replacing an ingredient with something cheaper.

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There’s no evidence the author prefers natural chemical compounds over synthetic (non-natural) chemical compounds. The author complains about substituting ingredients with “cheap chemical compounds,” but does not distinguish between natural and synthetic compounds.

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Not supported, because the author expresses a negative opinion about changing a formula to increase profits. This suggests she might have a similarly negative opinion about changing a formula to make it more popular.

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Supported. The author complains about “tampering with old formulas.” This suggests she’d approve of a previously-tampered-with formula changing to be more like the old formula.

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PrepTest 142 - Section 3 - Passage 1 - Question 2

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