PrepTest 142, Section 3, Question 5
Given the amount of time and effort that(448 more words not shown)
The author would be most(15 more words not shown)
- AAs time goes(8 more words not shown)
- BAs a work(13 more words not shown)
- CIt was the(8 more words not shown)
- DIt is a(10 more words not shown)
- EIts original formula(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The author calls Joy Parfum a masterpiece while asking why art professionals don't take great perfume seriously. Put those ideas together: this perfume deserves the respect given to great work in more familiar art forms. We don't need to know its sales, popularity, or rank among every perfume of its era.
Working the answers
- A
Nothing tracks growing appreciation over time. The date identifies the work; it doesn't tell us that its reputation has steadily improved.
- BCorrect
Treating this perfume as no less important than a great sculpture fits the broader call to recognize perfume as art. Sculpture doesn't have to be the exact example used earlier. The author's complaint is about withholding artistic respect from perfume as a medium.
- C
A masterpiece need not be the foremost achievement of its time. Calling it “the 1930 masterpiece” identifies the particular perfume being discussed; it doesn't rank it above every other contemporary perfume.
- D
The author criticizes art professionals for neglecting perfume, but doesn't restrict appreciation to people with refined taste. An ordinary customer might appreciate it, too; we aren't given that exclusion.
- E
There is no comparison of its formula with other perfumes from the 1930s. A date and a favorable judgment can't establish similarities among their ingredients.
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