Aarne is an old Finnish artwork whose painter and exact date of

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Which of the following most logically completes the argument? 
Aarne is an old Finnish artwork whose painter and exact date of composition are unknown. However, the painting portrays a riot thought to have taken place sometime between 1563 and 1567, and in the background of the scene stands a public building known to have been destroyed in 1565. Thus the riot depicted in the painting must have actually taken place between 1563 and 1565, assuming that

A. the public building is not depicted in any other Finnish artworks 
B. the artist of Aarne intended it to be as accurate a depiction of the riot as possible 
C. the painting accurately depicts the physical setting of the riot at the time it took place 
D. Aarne is the first Finnish artwork whose potential dates of composition can be restricted to such a narrow range 
E. Aarne was not painted by a person involved in the riot

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gmatexam439 · Answer

Which of the following most logically completes the argument? 
Aarne is an old Finnish artwork whose painter and exact date of composition are unknown. However, the painting portrays a riot thought to have taken place sometime between 1563 and 1567, and in the background of the scene stands a public building known to have been destroyed in 1565. Thus the riot depicted in the painting must have actually taken place between 1563 and 1565, assuming that 
A. the public building is not depicted in any other Finnish artworks 
B. the artist of Aarne intended it to be as accurate a depiction of the riot as possible 
C. the painting accurately depicts the physical setting of the riot at the time it took place 
D. Aarne is the first Finnish artwork whose potential dates of composition can be restricted to such a narrow range 
E. Aarne was not painted by a person involved in the riot

Can we have OE for this question? I chose "C" because physical setting must be correct as the conclusion is based on the presence of the building. However, option "B" is also close.

aragonn · Answer

B. the artist of Aarne intended it to be as accurate a depiction of the riot as possible 
C. the painting accurately depicts the physical setting of the riot at the time it took place

Indeed these two choices are very close. think of B as if artist have seen any other riot and he mixed things up to make it as close as possible. while C is saying anything but the truth with absolute physical settings.

Hope this helps.

soapbolt · Answer

conclusion is 
and the line of reasoning used is
 
B and C are very close options 
On negation of option B we get

Line of reasoning stays as it is and this statement does not break the conclusion at all , except it doesn't do anything to it.

Now lets look at the negation of option C

This means that setting of the public building known to have been destroyed in 1565 is not accurate. This directly breaks the author line of reasoning and hence the conclusion.  So option C is our assumption

soapbolt · Answer

aragonn  what do you think of my line reasoning ? should we attach the author line reasoning and try to break it and then come up with the assumption ?

Pixelm · Answer

why B is not the correct answer: 
(B) only asserts the artist’s  intention  to be accurate, not that the painting actually is accurate.

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