Question

"The view of life I communicate in my pictures excludes the sordid and ugly" (Rockwell).

Select the indirect quotation that correctly sequences the verbs.
Rockwell says that his pictures are communicating the kinder view of life.
Rockwell says that his pictures will communicate the kinder view of life.
Rockwell says that his pictures communicate the kinder view of life.
Rockwell says that his pictures communicated the kinder view of life.

Answer 1

The correct answer is: Rockwell says that his pictures communicate the kinder view of life.

Answer 2

The correct answer is: Rockwell says that his pictures communicate the kinder view of life.
There is no shift in tenses because the introductory verb (says) is in the present tense.