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Craft and StructureVery hardKeeping the object, changing its message

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 A columnist argues that public statues of flawed historical figures should be taken down, since keeping them on display honours the flaws along with the figure. Text 2 A museum curator suggests keeping such statues but rewriting their plaques. The object, she argues, remains as evidence of what a past generation chose to honour, while the new text records what is known now.

Based on the texts, how would the curator in Text 2 most likely respond to the columnist's argument?

  1. A. By proposing to keep the statues while changing what they are presented as saying.Correct
  2. B. By agreeing that the statues should be removed.
  3. C. By denying that the historical figures were flawed.
  4. D. By arguing that the plaques should be removed and the statues left as they are.

Answer: A. By proposing to keep the statues while changing what they are presented as saying.

Text 2 keeps the statue and rewrites the plaque — the object stays, its message changes.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. By agreeing that the statues should be removed.
Text 2 argues for keeping them.
C. By denying that the historical figures were flawed.
Text 2 accepts the flaws; the new text 'records what is known now'.
D. By arguing that the plaques should be removed and the statues left as they are.
Text 2 wants the plaques rewritten, not removed.

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