PrepTest 145, Section 3, Question 10
It is commonly assumed that even if some(434 more words not shown)
The reaction described in which(24 more words not shown)
- Alovers of a(16 more words not shown)
- Bart historians extol(23 more words not shown)
- Cdiners at a(20 more words not shown)
- Dliterary critics enthusiastically(22 more words not shown)
- Emovie fans evaluate(18 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Track the reaction before comparing examples. Experts praised the painting while believing it was a great master's work. Then the actual maker revealed its origin, embarrassing them. We want praise disrupted by learning that the assumed creator did not make the work.
What we’re looking for
The match depends on the changed belief about authorship, rather than on the answer mentioning another form of art.
Working the answers
- A
These listeners know they are hearing a tribute recorded by other musicians and reject it. There is no initial praise under mistaken authorship followed by a revelation about who created it.
- B
This is a close thematic distraction: historical timing matters later in Lessing's argument. But the specified critics' reaction follows discovery of a different maker, not a revised date for the same painter. B fits another issue rather than this particular episode.
- CCorrect
The diners enthusiastically praise food they associate with the master chef, then learn that chef was away. That matches admiration attached to an assumed creator being disrupted by information about who could have produced the work. The food itself, like the painting, has not changed.
- D
The novel's author remains the same. What changes is the critics' understanding of its political meaning, not their belief about who wrote it.
- E
A favorite actor affects the fans' evaluation, but the answer contains no discovery that overturns that connection. It supplies a favorable association without the revealing second step.
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