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Passage A
The primary goal of the art conservator should be to return a work to its original state—the exact condition intended by its creator. Over centuries, paintings naturally accumulate dirt and discolored varnish, and they are sometimes even subjected to overpainting by later artists attempting to 'modernize' the work. These accretions obscure the artist's original vision. True conservation requires a forensic approach: meticulously stripping away these subsequent layers to reveal the pristine, authentic work beneath. To leave later additions intact out of a misplaced reverence for 'history' is to allow the corruption of a masterpiece to stand.

Passage B
In architectural preservation, the 'palimpsest' philosophy argues that a historic building is a living document, its value inextricably tied to the modifications it has undergone over generations. A medieval cathedral with a Renaissance facade and Victorian stained glass embodies the continuous interaction between the structure and society over centuries. Stripping away these later additions to 'restore' the building to a hypothetical original state destroys its historical narrative. These structural evolutions are not corruptions; they are the very chapters of the building's history. To erase them is to manufacture an artificial purity that prioritizes an idealized past over the actual, messy reality of historical survival.

Which of the following pairs of approaches to editing a historic literary text is most closely analogous to the approaches to conservation and preservation advocated in Passage A and Passage B, respectively?

  1. An approach that removes all subsequent editorial changes to publish only the author's original draft; an approach that retains all historical revisions and marginalia to document the text's evolution.Answer
  2. B
    An approach that retains all historical revisions and marginalia to document the text's evolution; an approach that removes all subsequent editorial changes to publish only the author's original draft.
  3. C
    An approach that strips away the original archaic language to reveal a modern narrative beneath; an approach that treats the text as a living document by allowing contemporary authors to rewrite it.
  4. D
    An approach that removes later additions to restore the text to its pristine original state; an approach that honors the pristine original text by physically preserving the earliest known manuscript in a museum.
  5. E
    An approach that uses chemical treatments to halt the physical deterioration of the manuscript; an approach that relies on high-resolution digital scans to ensure the historical record of the document survives.

Answer

The pair of approaches that matches Passage A (removing later changes to isolate the original draft) and Passage B (retaining historical revisions to document the text's evolution).
The correct answer accurately maps the core philosophy of each passage to a parallel scenario in literary editing. Passage A advocates for removing all later additions to reveal the creator's original intent, which perfectly parallels removing subsequent editorial changes to isolate the original draft. Passage B argues that later modifications are valuable parts of the object's history, which perfectly parallels retaining historical revisions to document the text's evolution.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the core philosophy of Passage A.
Passage A advocates for removing all later additions to restore a work strictly to its original creator's intent.
To establish the first half of the required analogy.
2
Analyze the core philosophy of Passage B.
Passage B advocates for preserving later additions, viewing them as valuable parts of the object's ongoing historical narrative.
To establish the second half of the required analogy.
3
Evaluate the answer choices for a parallel relationship applied to literary editing.
The correct option must feature a first approach that isolates the author's original draft by removing later edits, and a second approach that embraces subsequent revisions as historical documentation.
The question asks for a pair of approaches analogous to Passage A and Passage B, in that exact order.

Key Concept

Identifying analogous relationships based on the core logical principles of comparative passages.
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