PT159.S4.P2.Q12

PrepTest 159 - Section 4 - Passage 2 - Question 12

Passage A.

P1
Ceremony in sports · Display and spectators are important

P2
Standards · Sports maintains defined standards of excellence and has knowledgeable audiences

P3
Gumbrecht’s view · Sports can be beautiful

Many people don’t realize sports has aesthetic appeal.

P4
View about sports based on Kant · Paradox: purpose isn’t required for beauty, but all beauty looks like it has purpose.

Question Type

Principle or generalization
The correct answer will be a principle underlying Passage A, but not Passage B. If you're using the Split Approach, start by eliminating answers that don't describe a principle used by Passage A. Then, after Passage B, eliminate any remaining answers that describe principles that are used by Passage B.

Answer Choices

• a
  The best works of art are not solely defined by their beauty.

• b
  Although Author A does praise the way in which sports have maintained defined standards of excellence, this doesn't imply that beauty should be required to judge an artwork excellent.

• c
  Careful observation of an activity is not a prerequisite for excellence.

• d
  Knowledge of the rules of an activity is not required for achieving excellence.

• e
  Discriminating judgment concerning excellence in sports is developed through participation.