Question

The author's conclusion about the most 'creative cities' in the US (paragraph 6) are based on his assumption that

• A. people who work with their hands are not doing creative work
• B. more than half the population works in non-creative jobs
• C. only artists, musicians, writers, and so on should be valued in a society
• D. most cities ignore or waste the creativity of low wage workers

Answer 1

The correct option is A

people who work with their hands are not doing creative work

The author by his own estimates says that people who work with their mind are creative people. This is under the mistaken belief that hardworking people who do menial jobs are not creative. This is given in option (1).