Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that best completes the paragraph. An artist must suffer for his art say these successful entrepreneurs who attempt to pass themselves off as artists. They auction off to the highest bidder, usually a foot in his own right, the most mediocre of drawings; and then, from their well-laid tables, they have the unmitigated gall to imply that they themselves ____

  1. are connoisseurs of art

  2. suffer deprivation for the sake of their work

  3. are artists

  4. know art better than the art critics do

  5. can sit in judgment on the intrinsic value of their art
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The passage is about the alleged hypocrisy of 'entrepreneurs who attempt to pass themselves off as artists'. 'From their well-laid tables, they have the unmitigated gall to' pretend that they also suffer deprivation. Hence,(2).

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