Not supported, because the author doesn’t suggest that Lichtenstein wanted to “re-create” the work of earlier abstract expressionists. Although he wanted art to have the emotional power of earlier expressionism, this doesn’t imply that his work “re-created” anything. In addition, (A) misses the last paragraph’s focus on the themes in Lichtenstein’s work.

This best captures the main point — Lichtenstein’s work wasn’t just parody; it also had serious themes. (B) specifies those themes as described by the last paragraph — Lichtenstein had an “impulse toward realism” and imbued his paintings with a feeling of nostalgia.

Unsupported, because we’re not told that the comic book elements have have “prevented” Lichtenstein’s work from being recognized as fine art. We are told that his work was “at first” difficult to see as fine art, but that suggests eventually his work was able to be seen as fine art. Because (C) is unsupported, it can’t be the main point.

This is too narrow. The distinction between earlier and later abstract expressionism and what Lichtenstein was reacting to is just the point of P2. It doesn’t capture the overall point that Lichtenstein’s work was more than parody and had serious themes.

Unsupported. Lichtenstein’s work was a response to the “excess of sophistication.” It wouldn’t make sense for the author to believe that Lichtenstein’s own work was highly sophisticated, at least in the sense the word “sophisticated” is used in (E). Although the author does say that Lichtenstein’s work generated a “complex” result, the meaning of “sophistication” as used in the passage and in (E) does not match to “complex.”