PrepTest 134, Section 4, Question 25
During Dostoyevsky's time there were two significant and(437 more words not shown)
It can be inferred from(34 more words not shown)
- AIt is correct(13 more words not shown)
- BIt is correct(17 more words not shown)
- CIt is incorrect(9 more words not shown)
- DIt is incorrect(9 more words not shown)
- EIt is incorrect(10 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Now we're asked about the first group: art should stand above everyday life. Most of the discussion addressed the radicals, so don't answer with his criticism of their demand for social usefulness.
What we’re looking for
What does he say that bears on this other view? The opening calls him a realist who never doubted that reality was literature's crucial source. I'd expect him to reject separating literature from that foundation.
Working the answers
- A
He values the fantastic, but we aren't told that this group's view requires it. Their claim that art stands above everyday life isn't automatically his claim that fantasy belongs within reality.
- B
He does think reality includes more than tangible details. But that doesn't make him endorse placing art above reality. B uses a familiar part of his view to justify the wrong agreement.
- CCorrect
Reality remains the essential source even under his broader understanding of it. That gives him a reason to reject the first group's separation of art from everyday reality.
- D
Refusing a distinction between fantasy and reality is part of his own position. It isn't the stated fault he finds in this group's view.
- E
The requirement to serve society belongs to the radical critics, not the first group.
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