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Craft and StructureHardTwo texts on a composer's late style

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The composer's late works are austere because, by then, he had grown tired of ornament. Text 2 In the composer's last decade his hands were crippled by arthritis; the sparse late works are simply what he could still play.

Based on the texts, how does Text 2's explanation differ from Text 1's?

  1. A. Text 2 attributes the austerity to a physical limitation rather than to an artistic choice.Correct
  2. B. Text 2 denies that the late works are austere.
  3. C. Text 2 says the composer loved ornament to the end.
  4. D. Text 2 dates the late works earlier.

Answer: A. Text 2 attributes the austerity to a physical limitation rather than to an artistic choice.

Arthritis, not taste.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Text 2 denies that the late works are austere.
Text 2 calls them sparse.
C. Text 2 says the composer loved ornament to the end.
Not claimed.
D. Text 2 dates the late works earlier.
No dating dispute.

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