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Rachel concludes that artists’ freedom from the constraints of their predecessors has caused a decline the quality of art. This is because great art requires that artists struggle against external constraints.

James concludes that there hasn’t been a decline in the quality of art. People only think there’s been a decline, because people only remember the best artwork of the past, and have not get forgotten the inferior artwork of the present.

We’re looking for a point of disagreement. The speakers disagree about whether art today is worse than the art of the past. Rachel thinks today’s art is worse. James thinks it’s not worse.

This is a point of disagreement. Rachel thinks contemporary art is worse than the art of the past. James calls that belief a mistake.

James doesn’t express an opinion about this. He doesn’t discuss constraints or whether the artists of today have the same constraints as artists of the past.

James doesn’t express an opinion. He doesn’t discuss requirements for great art or the struggles of artists.

Rachel doesn’t express an opinion. She doesn’t discuss inferior art of the past and whether people remember it.

The speakers share the same opinion about this. Both assess the quality of contemporary art. This suggests they both think that we can correctly assess the quality of modern art.

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86% of people who answer get this correct

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75% 154

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