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Craft and Structure practice question

The architect's ____ style, all plain surfaces and bare concrete, was mocked at first and copied within a decade.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

  1. A. austereCorrect
  2. B. ornate
  3. C. derivative
  4. D. whimsical

Answer: A. austere

Plain surfaces, bare concrete: austere.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. ornate
The opposite.
C. derivative
It was copied, so it was not derivative.
D. whimsical
Bare concrete is not whimsical.

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