PrepTest 148, Section 4, Question 13
The Frauenkirche in Dresden, a historic church destroyed(78 more words not shown)
Which one of the following,(11 more words not shown)
- AAn eighteenth-century baroque(16 more words not shown)
- BThe organ originally(11 more words not shown)
- CThe donation for(12 more words not shown)
- DBy the time(17 more words not shown)
- EIn the eighteenth(13 more words not shown)
Reading the argument
Why turn down a fully funded original organ when you're working so hard to restore the original church? The offer seems to remove a straightforward money objection. The foundation could rebuild the historic instrument without paying its construction cost itself.
Maybe the modern organ sounds better. That would give the foundation a reason to sacrifice some authenticity even with the old version fully funded. The rebuilt church is meant to be used for services and cultural events, not merely admired as a reconstruction.
What we’re looking for
For the explanation, I'd look for an advantage of the modern instrument that matters enough to those uses. We don't have to deny the foundation's care for the original design. We need a reason that goal might not control this particular decision.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
The old-style organ can't adequately produce much of the music the church now needs for services and concerts. That supplies a practical reason to choose a modern instrument. My initial guess was simply a nicer sound; A gives the more specific problem that the old design cannot adequately perform much of the relevant repertoire. A free instrument still isn't a good solution if it can't do the job needed.
- B
Having features that modern organs lack doesn't tell us whether those features are useful, desirable, or relevant to the church's current music. If they were valuable advantages, losing them might make the decision more puzzling. But B doesn't even establish that. It gives us an unspecified difference without explaining the preference for a modern organ.
- C
This prevents the foundation from redirecting the offered money to something else. It doesn't tell us why the foundation preferred a modern organ over the funded original. The restriction leaves the original offer available for exactly the reconstruction the foundation declined; we still need a reason to decline it.
- D
Earlier modifications complicate the instrument's history, but they don't explain why a modern organ better serves the foundation's goals. We aren't told what the changes were, which historic version could be rebuilt, or how either option compares with the modern design. Don't assume those missing details supply a reason for this choice.
- E
The organ's importance in eighteenth-century services doesn't answer why the foundation selected a modern organ for present-day use. The question isn't whether organs mattered in the old church. It is why, despite its interest in restoration, the foundation chose this kind of instrument now.
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