Critical Reasoning

duongthang wrote:this is from official source


A museum has been offered an undocumented statue, supposedly greek and from the sixth century B.C. Possibly the statue is genuine but undocumented because it was recently unearthed or because it has been privately owned. However, an ancident surface usually has uneven weathering, whereas the surface of this statue has the uniform quality characteristically produced by a chemical bath used by forgers to imitate a weathered surface. Therefore, the statue is probably a forgery

which of the following , if true, most seriously weakens the argument

1, museum can accept a recently unearthed statue only with valid export documentation from its country of origin-Not related to the argument. - Wrong

b, the subject's pse and other aspects of the subject's treatment exhibit all the most common features of Greek statues of the sixth century BC - But still that can be forged by making a similar statue now. - Wrong

c,the chemical bath that forgers use was at one time used by dealers and collectors to remove the splotchy surface appearance of genuinely ancient sculptures

d,museum officials believe that forgers have no technique that can convincingly simulate the patchy weathering chracteristic of the surfaces of ancient sculptures This strengthens the argument - Wrong

e, an allegedly roman sculpture with a uniform surface similar to that of the statue being offered to the museum was recently shown to be a forgery - This also strengthens the argument, not weaken it


what are wrong answers?

duongthang wrote:this is from official source


A museum has been offered an undocumented statue, supposedly greek and from the sixth century B.C. Possibly the statue is genuine but undocumented because it was recently unearthed or because it has been privately owned. However, an ancident surface usually has uneven weathering, whereas the surface of this statue has the uniform quality characteristically produced by a chemical bath used by forgers to imitate a weathered surface. Therefore, the statue is probably a forgery

which of the following , if true, most seriously weakens the argument

1, museum can accept a recently unearthed statue only with valid export documentation from its country of origin

b, the subject's pse and other aspects of the subject's treatment exhibit all the most common features of Greek statues of the sixth century BC

c,the chemical bath that forgers use was at one time used by dealers and collectors to remove the splotchy surface appearance of genuinely ancient sculptures

d,museum officials believe that forgers have no technique that can convincingly simulate the patchy weathering chracteristic of the surfaces of ancient sculptures

d, an allegedly roman sculpture with a uniform surface similar to that of the statue being offered to the museum was recently shown to be a forgery


what are wrong answers?

duongthang wrote:why B is wrong?

duongthang wrote:why B is wrong?