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Craft and StructureVery hardTwo views on how to arrange a museum

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 A museum should display its objects in the order they were made, so that visitors see how a craft developed. Text 2 Chronological display tells one story, the craft's. Grouping objects by the household that used them tells another, in which a cheap new bowl and an heirloom sit together as they did in life. Neither order is neutral.

Which choice best describes the relationship between the texts?

  1. A. Text 2 does not reject the arrangement Text 1 favours but denies that any arrangement is free of a point of view.Correct
  2. B. Text 2 argues that objects should not be displayed at all.
  3. C. Text 2 agrees that chronological order is the only sound one.
  4. D. Text 1 discusses households.

Answer: A. Text 2 does not reject the arrangement Text 1 favours but denies that any arrangement is free of a point of view.

Every order tells a story.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Text 2 argues that objects should not be displayed at all.
Text 2 proposes another arrangement.
C. Text 2 agrees that chronological order is the only sound one.
Text 2 calls it one story among others.
D. Text 1 discusses households.
Only Text 2 mentions households.

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