PrepTest 101, Section 1, Question 25
A fake can be defined as an artwork(451 more words not shown)
The author implies which one(9 more words not shown)
- ABecause of the(14 more words not shown)
- BA fake can(13 more words not shown)
- CA fake may(17 more words not shown)
- DWhether a fake(13 more words not shown)
- EThe artistic merit(15 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
A fake might be beautiful or terrible. The opening separates the maker's intention to deceive from the object's artistic merit. So calling something fake doesn't settle whether it's good art. Look for an answer that preserves that separation, rather than inventing a condition a fake must satisfy to have merit.
Working the answers
- A
This makes deceptive production rule out artistic merit. The writer expressly treats those as separate issues.
- B
Fooling someone successfully isn't a requirement for artistic quality. The text separates merit from deception rather than making one depend on the other's success.
- CCorrect
The work’s quality is independent of its classification as a fake (paragraph 1). A fake may therefore have merit or lack it; its status as a fake doesn't decide that question.
- D
We aren't told that a fake's merit depends on whether its maker is an accomplished artist. Michelangelo's appearance in the history doesn't establish that general condition.
- E
No rule makes the imitation's merit depend on the original's merit. The question concerns the quality of this object, and the writer doesn't transfer that quality from the work it copies.
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