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Artist: Avant-garde artists intend their work to challenge a society’s mainstream beliefs and initiate change. And some art collectors claim that an avant-garde work that becomes popular in its own time is successful. However, a society’s mainstream beliefs do not generally show any significant changes over a short period of time. Therefore, when an avant-garde work becomes popular it is a sign that the work is not successful, since it does not fulfil the intentions of its creator.
The reference to the claim of certain art collectors plays which one of the following roles in the artist’s argument?
(A) It serves to bolster the argument’s main conclusion.
(B) It identifies a view that is ultimately disputed by the argument.
(C) It identifies a position supported by the initial premise in the argument.
(D) It provides support for the initial premise in the argument.
(E) It provides support for a counterargument to the initial premise.
The reference to the claim of certain art collectors plays which one of the following roles in the artist’s argument?
(A) It serves to bolster the argument’s main conclusion.
(B) It identifies a view that is ultimately disputed by the argument.
(C) It identifies a position supported by the initial premise in the argument.
(D) It provides support for the initial premise in the argument.
(E) It provides support for a counterargument to the initial premise.
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KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
(B) Role of a Statement
To understand the role of a statement in an argument, context is key.
The question stem tells us to look for a claim made by certain art collectors and to identify the purpose that claim fulfills in the argument. That claim, that avantgarde art is successful when it becomes popular in its own time, can be found in the second sentence of the argument. But it’s not enough just to read that sentence. To properly answer this question, we have to understand how that claim fits into the argument as a whole. Reading on, we see the next sentence begins with “however,” a keyword signaling that the author is making a shift. As we read even further, we see the author’s conclusion: that the popularity of an avantgarde artwork is not a sign of success. So the art collectors’ claim must be in the argument so that the author can disagree with it. This prediction is matched perfectly by (B).
(A) The art collectors’ claim can’t bolster the conclusion of the argument because it stands in sharp contrast to that conclusion.
(C), (D) The initial premise that avant-garde artists intend their work to challenge society neither supports nor is supported by the claim that avant-garde art popular in the artists’ lifetime is successful. The two statements don’t have that definitive a relationship.
(E) The art collectors’ claim could support a counterargument, but no counterargument is presented here. And if there was a counter argument here, the claim could support a counterargument to the author’s conclusion, not to the initial premise.
(B) Role of a Statement
To understand the role of a statement in an argument, context is key.
The question stem tells us to look for a claim made by certain art collectors and to identify the purpose that claim fulfills in the argument. That claim, that avantgarde art is successful when it becomes popular in its own time, can be found in the second sentence of the argument. But it’s not enough just to read that sentence. To properly answer this question, we have to understand how that claim fits into the argument as a whole. Reading on, we see the next sentence begins with “however,” a keyword signaling that the author is making a shift. As we read even further, we see the author’s conclusion: that the popularity of an avantgarde artwork is not a sign of success. So the art collectors’ claim must be in the argument so that the author can disagree with it. This prediction is matched perfectly by (B).
(A) The art collectors’ claim can’t bolster the conclusion of the argument because it stands in sharp contrast to that conclusion.
(C), (D) The initial premise that avant-garde artists intend their work to challenge society neither supports nor is supported by the claim that avant-garde art popular in the artists’ lifetime is successful. The two statements don’t have that definitive a relationship.
(E) The art collectors’ claim could support a counterargument, but no counterargument is presented here. And if there was a counter argument here, the claim could support a counterargument to the author’s conclusion, not to the initial premise.
