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vikram4689:

The director claims that:
- the production is close to the original one (18th century)

The stimulus says that:
- the actor who plays Harlequin has a similar style to Marx

BUT the stimulus says that:
- Marx's style had begun in sixteenth-century Italy

a) How do you know that 16th century comic style was still available in the 18 century? For all we know, it could have been quite the opposite. Who knows?

b) Assuming that the 16th century comic style was available in the 18th century, how can we extrapolate from it to claim that this was an accurate characteristic of the comic style that was actually used in the 18th century?

IMO, for (D) to be a logical answer (i.e., answer that would flow from the stimulus), I would have to know that the 16th century style was not only available in the 18th century, but actually practiced. Otherwise, if that style was available but absolutely not used, how can we claim that the production was close to the original? If it were close to the original, it would use the comic style that had been actually used in the 18th century.

now your questions : I dont understand why answering these questions is necessary, it is an inference question and our job is ONLY to choose an option that follows from given info. and that is (D)

The reason I asked these questions is because I wanted to check if we can infer (D). Because I don't understand how can (D) be true, and at the same time the two points that I raised not?

Could you please explain that?