Craft and StructureHardTwo texts on a painter's late work
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The painter's final canvases, with their loose brushwork and clashing colours, show a decline in skill brought on by failing eyesight.
Text 2
Letters from the painter's last decade describe deliberate experiments with colour, and an eye examination from 1902 found her sight normal for her age. The late style was a choice, not a symptom.
Based on the texts, the author of Text 2 would most likely say that Text 1 ____
- A. mistakes a deliberate change of style for the effect of an illness.Correct
- B. correctly identifies the cause of the late style.
- C. overrates the painter's early work.
- D. ignores the painter's letters about her eyesight.
Answer: A. mistakes a deliberate change of style for the effect of an illness.
Choice, not symptom.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. correctly identifies the cause of the late style.
- Text 2 rejects the cause.
- C. overrates the painter's early work.
- Early work is not discussed.
- D. ignores the painter's letters about her eyesight.
- The letters are about experiments with colour, not eyesight.
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