PrepTest 155, Section 3, Question 3
The following passage is adapted from a 2001(437 more words not shown)
The author would be most(9 more words not shown)
- AWorks of art(7 more words not shown)
- BDissimilar works of(6 more words not shown)
- CContemporary exhibitions of(15 more words not shown)
- DArt exhibitions should(13 more words not shown)
- EArt exhibitions should(10 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The author wants early nonfiction films shown alongside different kinds of films, as they originally were. A principle forbidding that mixture would block the very practice being recommended. That's what we're looking for: something the author would reject, not another statement favoring authenticity.
Working the answers
- A
Authentic presentation fits the author's concern. The complaint is that restorers sometimes pursue authenticity in the film while neglecting authenticity in its exhibition.
- BCorrect
A ban on displaying dissimilar works together would rule out mixing nonfiction with dramas and comedies. The author defends precisely that mixture because the different films could balance and react against one another. The conflict is concrete, not simply that “never” sounds strong.
- C
This supports the recommendation. Knowing how early programs combined films should inform how we exhibit those films today.
- D
This asks organizers to consider how each work contributes to the whole program. The author emphasizes that very relationship when discussing how films balance one another. Whatever the scope of the principle beyond this example, we have no basis for saying the author would reject it.
- E
The opening treats an exhibition of Rembrandt's paintings as a reasonable way to group works. The later objection to certain film retrospectives doesn't become a ban on ever organizing an exhibition around one artist.
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