Cognitive science research has found that people tend to be biased against art when they think it was generated by artificial intelligence (AI) software. One hypothesis for the preference for human-created art is that people _____ the effort behind a piece of art: the more work they believe went into a piece’s creation, the more likely they are to appreciate it.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

The presence of Belarus’s Mir Castle Complex on the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s World Heritage List indicates that the organization has _____ the site’s “outstanding universal value,” and that UNESCO is therefore championing its preservation and protection.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

During film’s early years, those who worked in the industry had a vested interest in convincing the public to embrace the new medium. As Sumiko Higashi argues, some filmmakers relied on film critics to influence the public’s _____ the world of cinema. Critics who drew similarities between film and traditional art forms, like drama, could help legitimize film as an art form..

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

The following text is from Amy Tan’s 1989 novel The Joy Luck Club. The narrator describes practicing the piano when she was a child.

For the talent show, I was to play a piece called “Pleading Child” from Schumann’s Scenes from Childhood. It was a simple, moody piece that sounded more difficult than it was. I was supposed to memorize the whole thing, playing the repeat parts twice to make the piece sound longer. But I dawdled over it, playing a few bars and then cheating, looking up to see what notes followed. I never really listened to what I was playing. I daydreamed about being somewhere else, about being someone else.

Based on the text, when the narrator describes herself as “cheating,” what does she most likely mean?

The following text is adapted from George Eliot’s 1857 short story “The Sad Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Barton.” Mr. Ely is a clergyman in the town of Milby.

By the laity of Milby and its neighbourhood [Mr. Ely] was regarded as a man of quite remarkable powers and learning, who must make a considerable sensation in London pulpits and drawing-rooms on his occasional visit to the metropolis; and by his brother clergy he was regarded as a discreet and agreeable fellow. Mr. Ely never got into a warm discussion; he suggested what might be thought, but rarely said what he thought himself; he never let either men or women see that he was laughing at them, and he never gave any one an opportunity of laughing at him.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?