Question

The author implies that all of the following statements about duplicate artifacts are true EXCEPT:

• A. A market for such artifacts already exists.
• B. Such artifacts seldom have scientific value.
• C. There is likely to be a continuing supply of such artifacts.
• D. Museums are well supplied with examples of such artifacts.
• E. Such artifacts frequently exceed in quality in comparison to those already catalogued in museum collections.

Answer 1

The correct option is E

Such artifacts frequently exceed in quality in comparison to those already catalogued in museum collections.

The question requires you to identify the answer choice that CANNOT be inferred from the passage. Nothing in the passage implies that duplicate artifacts exceed museum objects in quality.