Information and IdeasVery hardCentral idea of an argumentative passage
Information and Ideas practice question
It is often said that a museum should show its whole collection. But a museum that shows everything shows nothing well: the visitor's attention is finite, and a gallery of a thousand objects is a gallery in which each object is looked at for a second. The stores are not a scandal. They are the condition of a good display.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
- A. Keeping much of a collection in store is what makes a good display possible, since attention is limited.Correct
- B. Museums should show their whole collections.
- C. Museum stores are a scandal.
- D. Visitors have unlimited attention.
Answer: A. Keeping much of a collection in store is what makes a good display possible, since attention is limited.
Finite attention: showing less shows better.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Museums should show their whole collections.
- The view the text argues against.
- C. Museum stores are a scandal.
- 'The stores are not a scandal.'
- D. Visitors have unlimited attention.
- 'Attention is finite.'
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