Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. For a long time, Haydn's music was regarded as genial and lively, and much of its depth, wit, and brilliance

went unnoticed. This was because only a few of his compositions were performed regularly at concerts. Nowadays, however, much more of Haydn's music is being performed, and the extraordinary range of his achievement is being recognized. Jeffrey Yudkin, Understanding Music, 4th edition

A) Argument; conclusion: For a long time ... went unnoticed.

B) Argument; conclusion: Only a few of his compositions ... at concerts.

C) Argument; conclusion: Nowadays ... being performed.

D) Nonargument.

E) Argument; conclusion: The extraordinary range ... is being recognized.


D

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