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by vaibhavgupta » Sun Nov 13, 2011 7:15 pm
David@VeritasPrep wrote:Sure we can talk about E!

Remember that this is an inference question, so the correct answer is one that "must be true." So if any answer "could be false" then it can be eliminated.

Now we can see that choice E could definitely be false. E says "Cézanne's work tends to be misinterpreted as modernist." Now there are two things that need to be true here, we need to know that the work "tends" to be thought modernist. And we need to know that this is a "misinterpretation." We know that "most experts" think of Cezanne as an early modernist but this does not mean that "Cezanne's work tends" to be thought modernist. Experts are not the majority of the population.
Also, we do not know that this is a misinterpretation. We do not know from the argument that Cezanne is modernist or not modernist.

So choice E could be false because we do not know that most people believe he is modernist and we do not know that they are wrong.
Now, I get it! silly me, Thanks! :)

I think the reason why i was going wrong i was thinking of it as finding the conclusion. Hence, looked at E as the winner! :)
If OA is A, IMO B
If OA is B, IMO C
If OA is C, IMO D
If OA is D, IMO E
If OA is E, IMO A

FML!! :/

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by VivianKerr » Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:00 am
Conclusion: Cezanne inspired modernists.

Evidence: Most think he's a modernist, some think he isn't.

Cachin - Cezanne is not a modernist -- that is just something modern people think

Note: author + Cachin agree

Question Rephrase: What is SUPPORTED by the given evidence?

Prediction: Author + Cachin agree that Cezanne is not a modernist. Modern people tend to think Cezanne is modern.

We can quickly eliminate A, B and D.

C - Cezanne helped DEVELOP.
E - Cezanne's work is MISINTERPRETED.

They are close, however, I chose C because it is the a near-perfect restatement of the first sentence. "Cezanne's art inspired...." It is a stated fact. E contains a stronger word in "misinterpreted" and I'm not sure if such a strong statement is fully supported here.

IMO: C.
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