PT109.S3.Q6

PrepTest 109 - Section 3 - Question 6

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The recent cleaning of frescoes in the Sistine Chapel has raised important aesthetic issues. ███ ██████████ ███ ███ ███████ █████ ████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ █████ ████ █████ ███ ██████ ████ ███ ██████ ████████ ███████ ███ ██████████ ████ █████████ ████ ████ ████ ███████████████ ██ ███ ████████ ████ ██████ ███████████ ██████ ███ █████████ ███████████ ███ ██ ██████ ██ ████████████

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Art historians have recently learned that the Sistine Chapel’s original colors may have been different from what they study today. They have therefore concluded that interpretations of the Sistine Chapel that they have previously believed to be appropriate might not actually be.

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The argument moves from premises that discuss how art historians may have been analyzing colors that were different from the original to a conclusion that claims that interpretations offered before they knew about the different colors are no longer appropriate. It does not provide, however, an explicit connection between knowledge about the colors of the Chapel and whether or not an interpretation of the Chapel is appropriate. We therefore need some assumption that fills this gap, and that explains why knowing about the original colors is important in order for an interpretation to be appropriate.

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6.

Which one of the following ███████████ ██ ██████ ████ █████ ██ ███████ ███ ███ ███████████ ██████████

a

The appropriateness of ██ ██████████████ ██ ██ ███████ ██ ████████ ██ ███ ███████ ███████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ █████ ███ ██████████████ ██ █████

b

The restoration of ██ ███████ ███ █████ ██ ████ ████ ██ ████ ████ ██████ ████ ███ ██████ ███ ███ ██████ ███ ██ ██ █████

c

The colors of ██ ███████ ███ ████████ ██ ██ ███████████ ██████████████ ██ ████ █████

d

Art historians are ███ ████ ██████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ██ ████████

e

Interpretations of an ███████ ███ ███████████ ██ ████ ██████████ ██████ ███ ██████ ████ ███ ████ ███ ████████

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