PrepTest 117, Section 1, Question 21
The proponents of the Modern Movement in architecture(451 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(9 more words not shown)
- AThe Modern Movement(18 more words not shown)
- BRationality was the(11 more words not shown)
- CChanges in architectural(13 more words not shown)
- DThe theoretical bases(13 more words not shown)
- EProponents of the(14 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already predicted that the movement's stubbornness contributed to its decline. Its supporters claimed to fit modern construction, then held to ideals that made actual construction difficult and expensive. We need that explanation of what went wrong.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Overly ideological captures the refusal to adjust, and the facts of construction are the practical difficulties the third paragraph explains. The ending expressly connects the “unwillingness” to abandon ideals with declining interest. A matches the cause of decline we predicted.
- B
Rationality isn't established as the movement's theoretical basis. More importantly, identifying a theoretical foundation wouldn't explain the decline that organizes this discussion.
- C
This says Modernist designs inspired the new construction methods. The text instead says the industry evolved in a direction the architects hadn't anticipated. C also leaves out the resulting failure to adapt.
- D
The opening reports that proponents considered their style suited to newer methods. That doesn't establish that changes in those methods originated the theory. The focus is the later mismatch and decline, not the theory's origins.
- E
Proponents thought their approach fit modern technology better than earlier styles. We aren't told all those earlier styles were nonfunctional. Either way, their rejection of older styles isn't the main explanation of why their own movement declined.
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