501 Critical Reading Questions

a.
to make readers more aware of the public art works.
b.
to explain the difference between public art and private art.
c.
to explain how public art impacts the city.
d.
to inspire readers to become public artists.
e.
to argue that public art should be created by artists from both
inside and outside the community.
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166.
Which of the following does the author NOT provide in this
passage?
a.
an explanation of how the city affects art
b.
specific examples of urban art
c.
a reason why outsiders should create public art
d.
a clear distinction between public and private art
e.
an explanation of how public art regenerates the community
167.
Given the author’s main purpose, which of the following would
most strengthen the passage?
a.
a more detailed discussion of the differences between public and
private art.
b.
specific examples of art that fulfills each of the functions dis-
cussed in paragraph 5 (lines 33–42).
c.
interviews with public artists about how public art should be
created.
d.
a specific example of public art created by a community mem-
ber versus one created by an outsider to expand paragraph 6
(lines 43–52).
e.
a brief lesson in how to interpret art.
Answers
113.
c.
The description of the winding paths, shifting landscape and
sections that 
spill into one another
support the assertion that the
park lacks a center.
114.
e.
Line 8 states that Olmsted wanted to create a 
democratic play-
ground
, so he designed the park to have many centers that would
allow interaction among the various members of society
(lines 10–11).
115.
b.
Line 6 states that the park’s design was 
innovative
, suggesting it
was very different from other park designs.
116.
a.
Olmsted’s goal of creating a democratic park with many cen-
ters that would allow interaction among everyone 
without giv-
ing preference to one group or class
(line 11) shows his philosophy
of 
inclusion
.
117.
b.
Lines 3–4 state that the goods 
pertaining to the soul
are called
goods in the highest and fullest sense
.
118.
d.
In line 5 Aristotle notes that the definition of good 
corresponds
with the current opinion about the nature of the soul.
119.
a.
In the second paragraph, Aristotle states that 
we have all but
defined happiness as a kind of good life and well-being
. Thus, the 
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