PrepTest 101, Section 1, Question 21
A fake can be defined as an artwork(451 more words not shown)
The passage can best be(8 more words not shown)
- Areconciling varied points(2 more words not shown)
- Bchronicling the evolution(3 more words not shown)
- Cexploring a complex(1 more words not shown)
- Dadvocating a new(1 more words not shown)
- Erejecting an inadequate(1 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What counts as a fake? Jones's book gives us borderline cases, a history of collectors' motives, and a culture in which function matters more than age. Our earlier reading pointed toward an exploration of that question. The answer needs to describe the whole discussion, not just the long historical section.
Working the answers
- A
The ending even wonders whether artists would agree with the experts. Those possible differences aren't reconciled; the question is left open.
- B
The middle does trace a history from Rome through the Renaissance. But chronology doesn't cover the opening's borderline cases or the final functional standard. This describes one major part, not the overall purpose.
- CCorrect
The complex question is what makes an artwork fake rather than original or authentic. Possibilities “between the two extremes” and the masks judged by function show why it takes exploration rather than a simple list of fakes.
- D
The writer isn't urging us to adopt a new approach. The functional standard is an existing collectors' view, and the ending questions whether the makers would agree.
- E
No single explanation is introduced and then rejected. The opening definition leads into complications and different ways of thinking about authenticity.
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