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CR · Critical Reasoning
705-805
Complete the Passage
Historians create ideas we call "history," which are derived from an order existing in the real world of historical fact. Since the patterns discovered in that world depend in part on the aims of the investigator, however, historical periods will tend to be defined in incompatible ways by historians with different interests. Thus, insofar as the aims of historians of music, painting, literature, and poetry are different, it cannot be assumed that
Which of the following most logically completes the argument?
Which of the following most logically completes the argument?
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real-world facts about art will ever be accurately represented
B
the accounts of these historians will ever be anything but arbitrary
C
the periods of artistic style delineated by these historians will coincide
D
the historical patterns defined by these historians will differ appreciably
E
there are any facts from which patterns of artistic style may be derived
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705-805
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