Art critic: Nowadays, museum visitors seldom pause to look at a work of art for even a full minute. They look, perhaps take a snapshot, and move on. This tells us something about how our relationship to art has changed over time. People have become less willing to engage with works of art than they once were.
(P)Visitors spent less time to look at artwork
(P)Visitors took snap shot & move on
(C)People in general -> less willing to engage with works of art than before.
After read the conclusion, I asked myself this question:
"What in the world is causing people becoming less willing to engage with work of art?"Quick glance at the summary again, I see that Premise is talking about
"time looking at artwork" and the Conclusion is talking about
"less willing to engage with work". Clearly, those two Boldface are NEW information in the conclusion and the premise respectively. This must be a
"Supporter Assumption" question type. Hence, the correct answer choice will more than likely mention about those two.
The art critic's argument depends on the assumption that
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(A) museum visitors today generally look at more pieces of art during each museum visit than museum visitors looked at in the past
How long do they spend on looking at each piece? Do they engage more or less with those artworks? (A) is out
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(B) the ease with which museum visitors can take snapshots of art contributes to the speed with which they move through art museums
Perhaps they take snapshots to look at them later on, spending more time on that art. Perhaps they are just like me leaving majority of the photos untouched. (B) is out.
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(C) visitors would enjoy their museum experiences more if they took more time with individual works of art
Right, they would enjoy more if they took more time with each art work. But did they do so? (C) is out.
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(D) museum visitors who take snapshots of works of art rarely look at the pictures afterward
I think talk about this in (B). However, it is possible that the visitors spent enough time to engage with artworks, even though time amount is not much. Perhaps, the amount of time looking at the artwork is not important after all. Sometimes looking at an artwork for too long, for some people, might drive them crazy. (D) is out
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(E) the amount of time spent looking at a work of art is a reliable measure of engagement with that work
This, similar to what we have discussed above, connects the rogue element of the Premise and Conclusion. It is also the only remaining answer choice. (E) is correct.