PrepTest 74, Section 2, Question 11
Critic: In her presentation of important works of art in her art history textbook, Waverly claims to have presented only objective accounts: "I have sought neither to advocate nor to denigrate what I included." In writing about art, a pretense of objectivity never succeeds: clearly, Waverly writes much better about art she likes than about art to which she is indifferent.
Critic: In her presentation of important works of art in her art history textbook, Waverly claims to have presented only objective accounts: "I have sought neither to advocate nor to denigrate what I included." In writing about art, a pretense of objectivity never succeeds: clearly, Waverly writes much better about art she likes than about art to which she is indifferent.
Critic: In her presentation of important works of art in her art history textbook, Waverly claims to have presented only objective accounts: "I have sought neither to advocate nor to denigrate what I included." In writing about art, a pretense of objectivity never succeeds: clearly, Waverly writes much better about art she likes than about art to which she is indifferent.
Critic: In her presentation of important works of art in her art history textbook, Waverly claims to have presented only objective accounts: "I have sought neither to advocate nor to denigrate what I included." In writing about art, a pretense of objectivity never succeeds: clearly, Waverly writes much better about art she likes than about art to which she is indifferent.
The critic's statements, if true, most strongly support which one of the following?
Waverly believes that a historian of art should not prefer certain works of art to other works of art.
Waverly has only included works of art that she has strong opinions about in her textbook.
Waverly wrote her textbook with the intention of advocating the works of art that she likes best.
Waverly has not succeeded in her intended objectivity about works of art discussed in her textbook.
Waverly does not really believe that objectivity is a desirable trait in an art history textbook.
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