Museums (HS Argumentative AIR Practice)

Q1 Which quotation from Passage 1 supports the idea that museums have found ways to replace the money lost when they offer free admission?

• A "And, she added, 'Tourists are not price sensitive' in the same way that local vistors are." (paragraph 8)

• B "The Hammer Museum in LA was able to go free by getting two donors to back free admission for four years with a $2 million gift." (paragraph 9)

• C "'We're noticing a 25 percent increase in attendance since going free,' said Samuel Vasquez, director of events and visitor experience." (paragraph 10)

• D "And there's a new way to become a member; instead of paying for it, guests tally 12 visits in a year." (paragraph 13)

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Q2: This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A

What is the central idea of Passage 1?

• A Museum experts are worried that the trend toward free admission will make it difficult for such expensive facilities as aquariums to remain open.

• B Some museums are switching to free admission, while other museums are concerned about how such a move would impact their revenue.

• C The increase in visitors to museums with free admission is increasing, while museums with admission fees are seeing attendance drop.

• D Large museums that are heavily reliant on tourism are particularly resistant to free admission, which is popular in smaller museums.

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2 Part B

Select the two quotations that help develop the central idea in Part A.

• A "'We are seeing a number of museums who are experimenting with going to free to try to be as accessible as possible to people,' said Elizabeth Merritt, founding director of the Center for the Future of Museums, an initiative of the American Alliance of Museums." (paragraph 2)

• B "'All museums would like to be free, but someone still has to pay the bills.'"(paragraph 3)

• C "Along with art museums in New York, LA and San Francisco, he put the Art Institute in the very small 'basket of institutions that have unusual access to high-net-worth, large-scale audiences, including tourism.'" (paragraph 4)

• D "And there's a new way to become a member; instead of paying for it, guests tally 12 visits in a year." (paragraph 13)

• E "Dallas instituted a system that awards points for scanning a member card in galleries, thereby providing valuable new data on how visitors spend their time at the museum." (paragraph 14)

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Q3: What shift in the development of the author’s ideas occurs between paragraphs 20 and 21 of Passage 2?

• A The author moves from describing how eliminating admission fees impacts museums visitors to examining how it impacts museum revenues.

• B The author moves from pointing out how eliminating admission fees has become a trend to detailing how the movement might be stopped.

• C The author shifts from detailing the e ects of eliminating admission fees to pointing out the economic theories behind the movement.

• D The author shifts from examining museums that have eliminated admission fees to discussing those that refuse to do so.

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Q4: In paragraph 22, what connection does the author make between the status of a museum and the likelihood it will offer free admission?

• A Museums that charge high admission fees are unlikely to be located in tourist destinations.

• B Museums that are well-known destinations are likely to encourage other, smaller institutions to o er free admission.

• C Museums that are well-known destinations are less likely to o er free admission because people are willing to pay to visit.

• D Museums in major cities like New York and Boston are more likely to o er free admission than those in smaller cities like Houston and Omaha.

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Q5: Select two strategies that the author of Passage 2 uses to advance his purpose.

• A He defines key terms from the movement and refines these definitions with further details as the passage progresses.

• B He analyzes the ways in which free museum admission has had positive effects for museum staff .

• C He cites statistics to show how much money is lost when museums do not charge for admissions.

• D He compares and contrasts museums that o er free admission with those that do not.

• E He incorporates quotations from museum experts within his own discussion.

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Q6: This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A

What does the word strata mean as it is used in paragraph 17?

• A descriptions

• B institutions

• C levels

• D properties

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6 Part B

Which phrase from paragraph 17 helps the reader determine the meaning in Part A?

• A "city's high admission fees"

• B "'large segment of the city's population'"

• C "'attitude towards increasing attendance'"

• D "'already at capacity'

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Q7: This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A

What claim does the author make in paragraph 20?

• A The Joslyn museum eliminated admission fees and has found new ways to make up the revenue it has lost.

• B The director of the Joslyn museum is uncertain of how eliminating admission fees will affect the revenue of the museum.

• C The director of the Joslyn musuem plans to expand the museum's café and gift shop to help the museum replace lost revenue.

• D The Joslyn museum needs to replace the revenue it lost from admission fees by making items in the café and gift shop more expensive.

7 Part B

What evidence does the author use to support the claim in Part A?

• A statistics that show how the museum's revenues have decreased

• B quotations from the museum's director that share his personal experiences

• C quotations from the museum's director that indicate his hopes for the future of the museum

• D statistics that show how much less money the museum made from admissions than from the café and gift shop

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