Reading Comprehension: Main Idea Questions
Which of the following best summarizes the content of the passage?
Incorrect.
[[snippet]]This answer choice is too narrow. It focuses only on the comparison between modern and traditional art in the center of the passage. It attempts to distract us by quoting a detail which appears in the passage in relation to such a comparison (aesthetic principles and specialized artistic skill).
Incorrect.
[[snippet]]This answer choice is too narrow. It focuses on the second sentence of the first paragraph, which concerns Duchamp's contribution to modern art, while disregarding the rest of the passage.
Incorrect.
[[snippet]]This answer choice is too broad/general. From the Initial Reading, we learn that the passage focuses on one dimension of the nature of modern art: the concept.
Incorrect.
[[snippet]]This answer choice is too narrow. Although the second paragraph discusses Robert Rauschenberg's White Paintings, this answer choice does not include the central idea of the first paragraph: how modern art has changed our definition of art.
Well done!
[[snippet]]The first paragraph discusses how modern art has used the concept to change our definition of art, and the second paragraph discusses the example of Robert Rauschenberg's White Paintings.
The differences between modern and traditional art, as demonstrated by Robert Rauschenberg's White Paintings, lie in aesthetic principles and specialized artistic skill.
Modern art, as demonstrated by Robert Rauschenberg's White Paintings, challenges our definition of art in countless ways.
Modern art, as demonstrated by Robert Rauschenberg's White Paintings, has altered our definition of art by focusing on the idea of the concept.
Robert Rauschenberg's White Paintings are an example of modern art and how it changed from traditional art.
