PT158.S2.Q24

PrepTest 158 - Section 2 - Question 24

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Filmmaker: Many people feel that independent films have more integrity as works of art than films produced by major studios, since independent films are typically less conventional than major studio films. ████████ ████ █████ ████████ ███ ███████████ ██████████ ████ ██ ████ ███████ ██ █████ ██████ ███ ████ ███████ ███ ████████ █████████ ████ ██ ████████ ████ ███████████ ██████ █████ ████ ███████████ █████ ██ ███ ████ ████████ █████████ ██ █████ ██ ████

Summary

The author concludes that most independent films don’t have absolute integrity as works of art. Why?

Because independent filmmakers need to make profits, which influences the artistic decisions made in creating most independent films.

Missing Connection

The conclusion introduces a new concept — lack of absolute integrity as works of art. The premise doesn’t say what implies that something has a lack of absolute integrity as a work of art. So, at a minimum, the correct answer must establish what’s required in order to have absolute integrity as a work of art.

To go further, we can anticipate a more specific connection between the premise and conclusion. The premise tells us that most independent films involve artistic decisions that are influenced by the need for profits. To make the argument valid, we want to show that this quality — having artistic decisions influenced by the need for profits — implies a lack of absolute integrity as an artwork.

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24.

The filmmaker's conclusion is properly █████ ██ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ████████

a

A creation has ████████ █████████ ██ █ ████ ██ ███ ██ ███ ████████ █████████ ████ ██ ████████ ██ ████ ██████████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ████ ████████

b

If any of ███ ████████ █████████ ████ ██ ████████ █████████ ████ ████████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ████ ████████ ████ ████ ████████ ████ ███ ████ ████████ █████████ ██ █ ████ ██ ████

c

The creations of ███████████ ████ ████ █████████ ██ █████ ██ ████ ██ ████████ ████ █████ ██ ███████

d

The unconventionality of █ ████████ ███ ██ ███████ ██ ███ █████████ ██ █ ████ ██ ████

e

A creation has ██ █████████ ██ █ ████ ██ ███ ██████ ███ ████████ █████████ ████ ██ ████████ ██ ████ ██████████ ██ █████ █████ ████ ██ █████████████

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