请教OG12-102

102、Theater Critic:The play La Finestrina,now at Central Theater,was written in Italy in the eighteenth century.The director claims that this production is as similar to the original production as is possible in a modern theater.Although the actor who plays Harlequin hte clown gives a performace very reminiscent of the twentierrh-century Ameriacan comedian Groucho Marx,Marx's comic style was very much within the comic acting tradition that had begun in sixteenth-cenury Italy.

The considerations given best serve as part of an argument that

A.modern audiences would find it hard to tolerate certain characteristics lf a historically accurate performance of an eighteenth-century play

B.Groucho Marx once performed the part of the character Harlequin in La Finestrina

C.in the United States the training of actors in the twentieth century is based on principles that do not differ radically from those that underlay the training of actors in eighteenth century Italy

D.the performance of the actor who plays Harelequin in La Finestrina does not serve as evidence against the director's claim

E.the director of La Finestrina must have advised the actor who plays Harlequin to model his performance on comic performaces of Croucho Marx

此题答案选D。此题的问题方式不是很明白，问题问的是什么呢？为什么不选E呢。在下实属新人请NN讲解稍加详细一点，十分感激！

我的理解大概就是这个18世纪的作品虽古老但也适应现代剧场，演员风格虽追忆的是20世纪的Marx,但Marx也沿袭了意大利16世纪以来的传统。所以结论就是演员问题不会反驳导演的结论。

粗略理解，希望无误。

请问这个题目的问题应该怎样理解?

The considerations given best serve as part of an argument that

OG 解释说题目问的是: For which of the options would the consideration given best serve as an argument?

as an argument 在这里指什么啊? 谢谢了

仅表个人理解

演员体现了Groucho Marx的风格，他的风格继承了16世纪意大利的风格，而这种继承并不会与18世纪意大利作品相违背，也可能是一种match,文中没有正面交待，只说导演要忠于原著，体现18世纪风格，因此答案就应体现（文中没交待）来说明argument