Question

The author of the passage would probably agree with which of the following statements about the utopia referred to in line 60 ?

• A. It would have encouraged new artistic ventures.
• B. It would have stifled human creativity.
• C. It is an ideal that we should continue to work towards.
• D. It may come to pass because of the popularity of television.
• E. It was a notion rejected by Greek philosophers.

Answer 1

The correct option is B It would have stifled human creativity.

"From the last few lines of the passage, we can gather that the author of the passage would consider the "utopia" referred to in line 60 as a kind of "utopia" that would have suppressed human creativity. This is implied in the sentence, "If Plato's Republic had come true, it would have been a republic with a lot of empty libraries, theaters, and museums if, indeed, those repositories of the arts would have survived at all". Thus B is the best answer."