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Actor: Bertolt Brecht’s plays are not genuinely successful dramas. The roles in Brecht’s plays express such incongruous motives and beliefs that audiences, as well as the actors playing the roles, invariably find it difficult, at best, to discern any of the characters’ personalities. But, for a play to succeed as a drama, audiences must care what happens to at least some of its characters.
The conclusion of the actor’s argument can be properly drawn if which one of the following is assumed?
(A) An audience that cannot readily discern a character’s personality will not take any interest in that character.
(B) A character’s personality is determined primarily by the motives and beliefs of that character.
(C) The extent to which a play succeeds as a drama is directly proportional to the extent to which the play’s audiences care about its characters.
(D) If the personalities of a play’s characters are not readily discernible by the actors playing the roles, then those personalities are not readily discernible by the play’s audience.
(E) All plays that, unlike Brecht’s plays, have characters with whom audiences empathize succeed as dramas.
The conclusion of the actor’s argument can be properly drawn if which one of the following is assumed?
(A) An audience that cannot readily discern a character’s personality will not take any interest in that character.
(B) A character’s personality is determined primarily by the motives and beliefs of that character.
(C) The extent to which a play succeeds as a drama is directly proportional to the extent to which the play’s audiences care about its characters.
(D) If the personalities of a play’s characters are not readily discernible by the actors playing the roles, then those personalities are not readily discernible by the play’s audience.
(E) All plays that, unlike Brecht’s plays, have characters with whom audiences empathize succeed as dramas.
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and beliefs that audiences, as well as the actors playing the roles, invariably find it difficult, at best, to discern any of the characters??? personalities. But, for a play to succeed as a drama, audiences must care what happens to at least some of its characters.
The conclusion of the actor???s argument can be properly drawn if which one of the following is assumed?
(A) An audience that cannot readily discern a character???s personality will not take any interest in that character.
(B) A character???s personality is determined primarily by the motives and beliefs of that character.
(C) The extent to which a play succeeds as a drama is directly proportional to the extent to which the play???s audiences care about its characters.
(D) If the personalities of a play???s characters are not readily discernible by the actors playing the roles, then those personalities are not readily discernible by the play???s audience.
(E) All plays that, unlike Brecht???s plays, have characters with whom audiences empathize succeed as dramas.
The conclusion of the actor???s argument can be properly drawn if which one of the following is assumed?
(A) An audience that cannot readily discern a character???s personality will not take any interest in that character.
(B) A character???s personality is determined primarily by the motives and beliefs of that character.
(C) The extent to which a play succeeds as a drama is directly proportional to the extent to which the play???s audiences care about its characters.
(D) If the personalities of a play???s characters are not readily discernible by the actors playing the roles, then those personalities are not readily discernible by the play???s audience.
(E) All plays that, unlike Brecht???s plays, have characters with whom audiences empathize succeed as dramas.
04 Dec 2025, 05:26
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From my understanding the trick with these questions is to understand each section of the stimuli.
The conclusion at the end states: "But, for a play to succeed as a drama, audiences must care what happens to at least some of its characters."
And the question is asking - "the conclusion can be properly drawn if which of the following is assumed" - which essentially means that the conclusion is right if one of the following is assumed.
With CR, it's important to look at each answer choice individually. I personally list out A,B,C,D,E on my page and cross out answer choices that clearly don't fit.
A) An audience that cannot readily discern a character’s personality will not take any interest in that character.
- this answer choice is a competitive one. The conclusion states - for a play to succeed the audience must care about what happens to some of the characters. If A is assumed then Brechts play will be unsuccessful as they won't care for any of the characters since they can't discern their personality. - Keep A uncrossed.
B) A character’s personality is determined primarily by the motives and beliefs of that character.
- This answer choice can be crossed out. If B is assumed it does not speak to whether the audience will care for the characters in Brechts play, nor does it mean the audience will be able to discern the personalities of the character - Cross out B
C) The extent to which a play succeeds as a drama is directly proportional to the extent to which the play’s audiences care about its characters.
- this answer choice seems very tempting and its understandable as to why - it would technically reinforce the conclusion that the audience must care about its characters for a drama to be a success, however its key to look at the wording of both the conclusion and the question. The conclusion states: "...audiences must care what happens to AT LEAST SOME of its characters" Thus it is not a matter of direct proportion. The question refers to assumption, therefore if this is assumed, technically it would contradict the conclusion. - Cross out C
D) If the personalities of a play’s characters are not readily discernible by the actors playing the roles, then those personalities are not readily discernible by the play’s audience.
- I can see the attraction of this question too. Lots of similar wording to the stimuli, particularly the word 'discernible'. However it doesn't bridge the chasm between the audiences ability to discern a character, and whether they care about said character. It may be the case that an audience is unable to discern a characters personality but cares for them nonetheless. It fails to do what A succeeds in doing. Cross out D.
E) All plays that, unlike Brecht’s plays, have characters with whom audiences empathize succeed as dramas.
- Funnily enough this was the answer that I had left with A and it took me probably 20 seconds to make my decision. First thing to note - being able to empathise with a character does not mean that you care about them. They are not the same thing. That I think is the biggest giveaway. Cross out E
Final answer: A
The conclusion at the end states: "But, for a play to succeed as a drama, audiences must care what happens to at least some of its characters."
And the question is asking - "the conclusion can be properly drawn if which of the following is assumed" - which essentially means that the conclusion is right if one of the following is assumed.
With CR, it's important to look at each answer choice individually. I personally list out A,B,C,D,E on my page and cross out answer choices that clearly don't fit.
A) An audience that cannot readily discern a character’s personality will not take any interest in that character.
- this answer choice is a competitive one. The conclusion states - for a play to succeed the audience must care about what happens to some of the characters. If A is assumed then Brechts play will be unsuccessful as they won't care for any of the characters since they can't discern their personality. - Keep A uncrossed.
B) A character’s personality is determined primarily by the motives and beliefs of that character.
- This answer choice can be crossed out. If B is assumed it does not speak to whether the audience will care for the characters in Brechts play, nor does it mean the audience will be able to discern the personalities of the character - Cross out B
C) The extent to which a play succeeds as a drama is directly proportional to the extent to which the play’s audiences care about its characters.
- this answer choice seems very tempting and its understandable as to why - it would technically reinforce the conclusion that the audience must care about its characters for a drama to be a success, however its key to look at the wording of both the conclusion and the question. The conclusion states: "...audiences must care what happens to AT LEAST SOME of its characters" Thus it is not a matter of direct proportion. The question refers to assumption, therefore if this is assumed, technically it would contradict the conclusion. - Cross out C
D) If the personalities of a play’s characters are not readily discernible by the actors playing the roles, then those personalities are not readily discernible by the play’s audience.
- I can see the attraction of this question too. Lots of similar wording to the stimuli, particularly the word 'discernible'. However it doesn't bridge the chasm between the audiences ability to discern a character, and whether they care about said character. It may be the case that an audience is unable to discern a characters personality but cares for them nonetheless. It fails to do what A succeeds in doing. Cross out D.
E) All plays that, unlike Brecht’s plays, have characters with whom audiences empathize succeed as dramas.
- Funnily enough this was the answer that I had left with A and it took me probably 20 seconds to make my decision. First thing to note - being able to empathise with a character does not mean that you care about them. They are not the same thing. That I think is the biggest giveaway. Cross out E
Final answer: A
