Multiple choice

Directions: The passage given below is followed by four alternative summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the passage. Key in the number of the option you choose as your answer.

All art is the expression of experience in some medium. The experience is clothed in forms which appeal through the senses. Sculpture has for its medium stone and marble, painting colors, music sounds and poetry words. The relation between the experience and the medium is closer in some than in others, in poetry than in music, in painting than in sculpture. By means of the work of art, the experience is released afresh, in the spectator or the auditor. The enjoyer becomes a secret sharer of the creator’s mind.

  1. Medium galore in umpteen forms that connect the spectator’s or auditor’s mind to that of the creator.

  2. Expressions and experiences are harboured in forms that get shared by all.

  3. Diffusion of experiences is possible through forms that manifest in medium.

  4. The enjoyer vicariously partakes the same joy as that of the creator.
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Explanation
  1. Not true. There are many media possible; however, they do not cause any connection between the creator’s and spectator’s or auditor’s mind.
    1. Not true. These are not shared by all – only by audience / spectators.
    2. True. This captures the essence. Experiences can be conveyed through forms that reveal themselves in different media.
    3. Not true. The enjoyer only shares the experiences of the creator, which may give him joy. However, this option does not explain how this happens.

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