An artist must suffer for his art say these successful entrepreneurs w

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An artist must suffer for his art say these successful entrepreneurs who attempt to pass themselves off as artists. They auction off to the highest bidder, usually a fool in his own right, the most mediocre of drawings; and then, from their well-laid tables, they have the unmitigated gall to imply that they themselves.

Choose the answer that best completes the passages.

(A) are connoisseurs of art

(B) suffer deprivation for the sake of their work

(C) are artists

(D) know art better than the art critics do

(E) do not enjoy a good meal

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Tracy95 · Answer

An artist must suffer for his art

And in an attempt to be regarded as artists, the successful entrepreneurs show their "suffering" by auctioning off their (mediocre) drawings to the highest bidder (as if out of financial urge) and then appear to be immersed in bitterness, resentment. The purpose is to show the pain they undergo for the sake of making art, just like what artists do. So (B).

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ADITIDESHMUKH · Answer

HOW TO ELIMINATE OTHER OPTIONS ?

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Official Explanation

The author is accusing the artists of being inconsistent, claiming that they give lip service to the idea that an artist must suffer, but that they then live in material comfort—so they do not themselves suffer. Only  (B)  completes the paragraph in a way so that this inconsistency comes out.

(A)  and  (D)  can be dismissed because the author is attacking artists, not connoisseurs or purchasers of art, nor critics of art.

(C)  is inadequate, for it does not reveal the inconsistency. The author apparently allows that these people are, after a fashion, artists, but objects to their claiming that it is necessary to suffer while they do not themselves suffer.

(E)  is the second best answer, but it fails, too. The difficulty with  (E)  is that the author’s point is that there is a contradiction between the actions and the words of artists: They claim to suffer but they do not. But the claimed suffering goes beyond matters of eating and has to do with deprivation generally.

The correct answer is (B).

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