The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City has an exhibition of video games that includes Pac-Man from 1980, which museum visitors can play on site, and SimCity 2000 from 1994, which visitors can see only in a video presentation. MOMA claims the video presentations are only for games that would be impractical to display in a playable form, but video games are an inherently interactive medium, a feature that is grossly absent in a video-only presentation.
Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?
Explanation
Context: MOMA exhibits some video games playably and others only as video presentations, defending the videos as necessary for games impractical to display. The underlined portion counters that video games "are an inherently interactive medium." The task is its function.
Answer: D) It presents a consideration that the author thinks partly undermines MOMA's approach to exhibiting video games.
Why? The "but" sets the underlined claim directly against MOMA's stated rationale, and the clause it feeds calls interactivity "grossly absent" from a video-only presentation. Interactivity is therefore raised as a reason MOMA's method falls short.
Traps:
- A) The claim is that interactivity is inherent to the medium, so it covers every game in the exhibition rather than distinguishing some games from others.
- B) The author advances the point against MOMA, and the sentence says nothing about games as art or about MOMA endorsing it.
- C) Nothing is labeled a misconception about video games; the author treats the interactivity claim as true and aims the criticism at the display method.