501 Critical Reading Questions

d. In general, public art is more interesting than private art.
e. Few people are aware of how much public art is around them.
165.
The author’s goals in this passage include all of the following
EXCEPT
a. to make readers more aware of the public art works.
b. to explain the difference between public art and private art.
c. to explain how public art impacts the city.
d. to inspire readers to become public artists.
e. to argue that public art should be created by artists from both
inside and outside the community.
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166.
Which of the following does the author NOT provide in this
passage?
a. an explanation of how the city affects art
b. specific examples of urban art
c. a reason why outsiders should create public art
d. a clear distinction between public and private art
e. an explanation of how public art regenerates the community
167.
Given the author’s main purpose, which of the following would
most strengthen the passage?
a. a more detailed discussion of the differences between public and
private art.
b. specific examples of art that fulfills each of the functions dis-
cussed in paragraph 5 (lines 33–42).
c. interviews with public artists about how public art should be
created.
d. a specific example of public art created by a community mem-
ber versus one created by an outsider to expand paragraph 6
(lines 43–52).
e. a brief lesson in how to interpret art.
Answers
113.
c. The description of the winding paths, shifting landscape and
sections that spill into one another support the assertion that the
park lacks a center.
114.
e. Line 8 states that Olmsted wanted to create a democratic play-
ground, so he designed the park to have many centers that would
allow interaction among the various members of society (lines 10–11).
115.