Q3 - Carolyn: The artist Marc Quinn has

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3. (E)
Question Type: Analyze Argument Structure
Carolyn argues that the work is NOT a portrait because it does not resemble the subject. Arnold disagrees, but with what? Does he disagree that it’s not a portrait or that it doesn’t resemble the subject? Arnold’s second sentence gives us the answer. He states that the work is a realistic portrait. Notice that Arnold never takes direct issue with Carolyn’s claim that a portrait must resemble the subject. Answer (E) gets at the heart of the disagreement: whether the work is a portrait.

(A) is out of scope because neither person questions whether the work should or should not be considered art.
(B) is out of scope because neither person questions whether the work is actually Quinn’s.
(C) is a half-scope answer. Carolyn discusses whether the work bears a resemblance to the subject, but Arnold does not.
(D) is a half-scope answer. Arnold discusses the fact that the work "contains instructions," but Carolyn does not.


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