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Q 179, OG 10

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by tanviet » Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:45 am
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?
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by raisethebar » Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:47 am
IMO C
what is OA?
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by delhiboy1979 » Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:11 am
agree with C, looks straight forward
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by harsh.champ » Wed Mar 03, 2010 5:36 am
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?
Guys,duongthang was asking what are the wrong answers.
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by Phirozz » Wed Mar 03, 2010 5:40 am
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?
ans is C.. easy one
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by tanviet » Wed Mar 03, 2010 5:40 am
why B is wrong?
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by harsh.champ » Wed Mar 03, 2010 5:44 am
duongthang wrote:why B is wrong?
It actually strengthens the argument,not weaken it.
Also I can make a similar statue now.
Just because it has similar features does not suffice that it was made in the 6th century.
In B ,we are talking about the subject's pose and the treatment.



Also,can we have the OA plz?
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by Phirozz » Wed Mar 03, 2010 5:45 am
duongthang wrote:why B is wrong?
Conclusion is that its forgery... we have to weeken this conclusion by proving that its not a forgery which we can do by saying chemical wqs used for other purpose which C says. hope it helps
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by paddle_sweep » Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:53 am
What's the problem with 'D'?
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by alanforde800Maximus » Sat May 26, 2018 4:51 am
Bumping for experts review.
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