Craft and StructureHardTwo views on a composer's late simplicity
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The composer's late works are simpler than his early ones because his hearing failed and he could no longer manage complex textures.
Text 2
The late works are simpler on the page but not in the ear: their few notes are placed so that each carries more weight, and the composer's letters describe the simplicity as a choice made years before his hearing declined.
How would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Text 1?
- A. By arguing that the simplicity was deliberate rather than a consequence of deafness.Correct
- B. By agreeing that deafness explains the late style.
- C. By denying that the late works are simpler on the page.
- D. By claiming the composer never lost his hearing.
Answer: A. By arguing that the simplicity was deliberate rather than a consequence of deafness.
A choice, made before the deafness.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By agreeing that deafness explains the late style.
- Text 2 rejects that explanation.
- C. By denying that the late works are simpler on the page.
- Text 2 grants the simplicity on the page.
- D. By claiming the composer never lost his hearing.
- Text 2 mentions the decline in hearing.
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