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2. It can be inferred from the passage that Harriet Sherman would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements regarding admission to museum exhibits?
A. Tickets should be available on a first-come-first-served basis.
B. Those with a genuine interest in art should not have to pay inflated prices.
C. Museums need the income from ticket sales in order to buy great art.
D. Tickets should be distributed without prior announcement.
E. No one should be able to purchase more than one or two tickets.
In the first paragraph, the article is named 'Strange Bedfellows' (a focus on the homeless/their behavior), and later it says, that HS excoriated the gallery for its 'handling of tickets'.
How is the correct choice (B) something HS would agree with? I mean, tangentially, yes, I can see the connection.
But word for word, not having to pay inflated prices IS NOT the same thing as (effectively) handling the tickets.
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3. The passage supplies information for answering which of the following questions?
A. Who owned van Gogh’s Portrait of Dr. Gachet prior to its purchase by Saito?
B. Where did Saito exhibit van Gogh’s Portrait of Dr. Gachet?
C. Which museum proposed to purchase van Gogh’s Portrait of Dr. Gachet from Saito?
D. Did the Van Gogh Museum threaten legal action in response to reports that Saito intended to destroy van Gogh’s Portrait of Dr. Gachet?
E. Did Saito actually intend to destroy van Gogh’s Portrait of Dr. Gachet?
I understand that D is the correct choice.
But why is E not a correct choice?
It says - 'which he later dismissed as a joke' in the part after his statement on wanting to cremate the painting.
When the passage has that particular information (which he later dismissed as a joke), is it not enough to answer the fifth option (E)?
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4. The author of the passage mentions which of the following connections between art and business?
I. Entrepreneurs sometimes try to enhance their reputations by supporting artists.
II. Artworks are often bought and sold as investments.
III. Great artworks can best be recognized by their high market value.
A. I
B. II
C. I and II only
D. III
E. I,II, and III
I am completely with the statements I and II.
The passage is clear on that.
About III - Great artworks can best be recognized by their high market value.
The passage says - 'great art can only be certified by its market value'.
Can best be recognized by their market value IS NOT the same as Can only be certified by its market value.
Not because of the verbs (recognized vs. certified), but because of the comparison.
'Best' implies a comparison, an existence of more that one method (to recognize/certify the high market value), while 'only' implies the existence of just one method.
So why is III correct?
Shoudn't the correct answer be C (I and II only)?