#12 - Concept Reference, Point at Issue

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Author A says that social capital is built when participants come together in cultural events as PARTICIPANTS rather than spectators.

Passage B makes it very clear that public art subsidies go towards art that people would not have chosen to view themselves, and that people often get art that they don't like - as they are forced to view what government committees have deemed popular rather than what they, as individuals, would be more likely to enjoy. So author of passage B would not agree that public art subsidies bring people together as participants, rather, that it brings people together as spectators. Thus, the sufficient conditions for building social capital, according to author A's own standards, are not met.

At least, that was my thinking!

[Robert Carroll]

mkarimi73,

Answer choice (A) is right - and if inferences are required to prove that, that's fine. An inference is clear-cut - "inference" means "must be true".

Answer choice (D) is wrong because the only comment passage B makes about this is "even if we could guarantee better art." The author is disclaiming any opinion on that point.

Robert Carroll