2005-6-2-5 ?

markwei

5.
Futurist: Artists in the next century will be supported
largely by private patrons. Because these patrons
will almost invariably be supporters of the social
order—whatever it happens to be at the time—art
in the next century will rarely express social and
political doctrines that are perceived to be
subversive of that social order.
Which one of the following principles, if valid,
provides the most support for the futurist’s inference?

(A)
Art patrons tend not to support artists whose art
expresses social and political views that are in
opposition to their own.
(B)
Art patrons tend to be more interested in formal
artistic problems than in the social and political
issues of their time.
(C)
Artists are as prone to attack the contemporary
social and political order in their work as they
are to defend it.
(D)
Artists tend to become more critical of
contemporary social and political arrangements
after they are freed of their dependency on
private patrons.
(E)
Art patrons tend to oppose all social change
except that initiated by artists.

The correct answer is A. Don't understand.

applecider

This question asks you to support the conclusion. If you rearrange the order of the paragraph, it will be much easier to understand.

FACTS:

1. Privite patrons will almost invariably be supporters of the social order

2. art in the next century will rarely express social and political doctrines that are perceived to be subversive of that social order.

CONCLUSION:

Artists in the next century will be supported largely by private patrons.

sicneer

I guess the key in A is the understanding of "their own", which refers to art patrons, not artisits.

markwei

Yes, that what I am puzzling. what "...in opposition to their own" means?