Question

Man whose gift lay in new directions should

measure up or down to stereotyped and
fossilized standards.
For all of this there can be only hearty praise.
But this does not in the least mean that the
extremists whose paintings and pictures were
represented are entitled to any praise, save,
perhaps, that they have helped to break
fetters. Probably in any reform movement, any
progressive movement, in any field of life, the
penalty for avoiding the commonplace is a
liability to extravagance. It is vitally necessary
to move forward and to shake off the dead
hand, often the fossilized dead hand, of the
reactionaries; and yet we have to face the
fact that there is apt to be a lunatic fringe
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Reread the final paragraph of the passage, on
pages 6-7. Which premise does this paragraph
MOST support?
Leaders of any new social movement should make
sure that those who represent the movement
conform to certain ideals.
Anytime people engage in progressive change,
there are bound to be individuals who take things
too far.
Whenever people create something positive, there
are those who will try to destroy it.
When it comes to art, works that are appealing to
some people seem extremely ugly to others.

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

A Voice of Moderation: Roosevelt on the Armory Show

In 1913, an “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” eventually seen by a half million people, rocked the American art world. First mounted at New York City’s 69th Regiment Armory, it became known as the Armory Show, and its self-consciously “modern” approach challenged the dominance of conservative, staid styles of European art. Two-thirds of the 1,600 works were by Americans, and the Europeans whose works were exhibited