Read this section from the text and the directions that follow.
In the wake of World War I, Dadaist artists made a practice of shocking their public audiences by wantonly destroying their
own artistic creations. The public soon learned to cheer them on, and to detach themselves from the attack artists were
actively waging on their sensibilities.
A century later, at Sotheby's, the initial shock of a shredded "Girl With Balloon" dissipated quickly. The hype only grew. The
market adapted
Sotheby's has since released a statement declaring that the piece - renamed "Love is in the Bin" - is "the first artwork in
history to have been created live during an auction."
What is the central idea of the section?
A. When artists destroy their work they become popular but their work loses value.
B. When artists destroy their work the public loses interest.
C. When artists destroy their work it increases in value
D. Artists should not destroy their work because it causes confusion amongst the public

Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich suggests that ivan ilyich aspired to be part of the elite in society from a young age? a.ivan ilyich was  le phenix de la famille  as people said.  he was neither as cold and formal as his elder brother nor as wild as the younger, but was a happy mean between them—an intelligent polished, lively and agreeable man.b.  even when he was at the school of law he was just what he remained for the rest of his life:   a capable, cheerful, good-natured, and sociable man, though strict in the fulfillment of what he considered to be his duty:   and he considered his duty to be what was so considered by those in authority.c.neither as a boy nor as a man was he a toady, but from early youth was by nature attracted to people of high station as a fly is drawn to the light, assimilating their ways and views of life and establishing friendly relations with them.d.all the enthusiasms of childhood and youth passed without leaving much trace on him; he succumbed to sensuality, to vanity, and latterly among the highest classes to liberalism, but always within limits which his instinct unfailingly indicated to him as correct.e.at school he had done things which had formerly seemed to him very horrid and made him feel disgusted with himself when he did them;