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
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.
Author's perspective ·Disapproves of commercialization of perfume
Passage Style
Phenomenon-hypothesis
Single position
2.
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Question Type
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.
a
The alteration makes ███ ███████ ████ ███████ ████████ ███ ███████
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.
b
The alteration is ████ ██ ███████ ██ ██████████ ████ ██ █████████ ████ ███████
Not supported, because the author expressed a negative opinion about replacing an ingredient with something cheaper.
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.
d
The alteration is ████ ██ ████ ███ ███████ ███████ ████ █ █████ ███████ ██ ██████████
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.
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.
Difficulty
84% of people who answer get this correct
This is a moderately difficult question.
It is slightly harder than the average question in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%130
143
75%155
Analysis
Author’s perspective
Implied
Art
Phenomenon-hypothesis
Single position
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
3%
160
b
2%
152
c
10%
159
d
1%
159
e
84%
165
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