501 Critical Reading Questions

Critical Reading Questions

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160.
a. Inherently is an adverb that describes the essential nature of
something. The context clue to answer this question is found
in the same sentence. All art is inherently public because it is cre-
ated in order to convey an idea or emotion to others. The author is
saying that an essential characteristic of art is that it is created
for others.
161.
b. Line 16 defines public art as the kind of art created for and dis-
played in public spaces, and lines 20–22 state that public art is
specifically designed for a public arena where the art will be encoun-
tered by people in their normal day-to-day activities. This is in con-
trast to private art, which is less accessible because it is kept in
specific, non-public places such as museums and galleries.
162.
b. To sequester is to seclude or isolate. Thus, the use of this word
suggests that the author feels private art is too isolated, and cut
off from the public.
163.
d. The seven functions are listed in the fifth paragraph: educating,
place making, stimulating the public, promoting community,
beautifying, and regenerating. While promoting good citizen-
ship may be a side benefit of public art, it is not discussed in the
passage.
164.
a. After defining public art, the rest of the passage discusses the
functions of public art and its impact on the city.
165.
d. The examples in the first paragraph and the list of different
kinds of public art (e.g., ornamental benches in line 28) will
make readers more aware of public art; paragraphs 2 and 3
explain the difference between public and private art; paragraph
5 explains how public art affects the community; and paragraph
6 discusses how public art should be created. A few readers may
be inspired to create public art after reading this passage, but
that is not one of its goals.
166.
a. Although lines 12–13 states that there exists in every city a symbi-
otic relationship between the city and its art and paragraph 5
explains how public art affects the city, there is no discussion of
how the city affects art.
167.
b. Because the main purpose is to show what public art is and how
public art affects the city, the passage would be best served by
an expanded discussion of how public art fulfills each of the
important functions in paragraph 5.
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