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Complete Question Explanation
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The correct answer choice is (B)
This Must Be True, Subject Perspective question requires you to understand Gilliam’s perspective on his contemporaries’ representational art. At the end of the second paragraph, the author provides that such art was popular with the public, but that “Gilliam was impatient with its straightforward, literal approach to representation.” An answer choice must be consistent with this description in order to pass the Fact Test and be confirmed as the correct answer choice in response to this Must Be True question.
Answer choice (A): Although Gilliam sought different artistic forms, the language of this choice is extreme and inaccurate, and this choice can be ruled out of contention in response to this Must Be True question.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. As discussed in the passage, Gilliam was impatient with the literal works of his contemporaries. As such, this choice provides an accurate description of Gilliam’s perspective.
Answer choice (C): Gilliam was not described as being dismissive, and whimsical wouldn’t fit the description of Gilliam’s perspective as described in the passage.
Answer choice (D): Gilliam was not neutral with regard to his contemporaries, so this answer choice fails the Fact Test and should be ruled out of contention in response to this Must Be True question.
Answer choice (E): The passage does not describe Gilliam as approving of the work of his artistic contemporaries; he saw their works as overly literal and sought new artistic forms in response to such explicitly representational works.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=13357)
The correct answer choice is (B)
This Must Be True, Subject Perspective question requires you to understand Gilliam’s perspective on his contemporaries’ representational art. At the end of the second paragraph, the author provides that such art was popular with the public, but that “Gilliam was impatient with its straightforward, literal approach to representation.” An answer choice must be consistent with this description in order to pass the Fact Test and be confirmed as the correct answer choice in response to this Must Be True question.
Answer choice (A): Although Gilliam sought different artistic forms, the language of this choice is extreme and inaccurate, and this choice can be ruled out of contention in response to this Must Be True question.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. As discussed in the passage, Gilliam was impatient with the literal works of his contemporaries. As such, this choice provides an accurate description of Gilliam’s perspective.
Answer choice (C): Gilliam was not described as being dismissive, and whimsical wouldn’t fit the description of Gilliam’s perspective as described in the passage.
Answer choice (D): Gilliam was not neutral with regard to his contemporaries, so this answer choice fails the Fact Test and should be ruled out of contention in response to this Must Be True question.
Answer choice (E): The passage does not describe Gilliam as approving of the work of his artistic contemporaries; he saw their works as overly literal and sought new artistic forms in response to such explicitly representational works.