2025 RI Y6 GP TP P2_ANS KEY_students

Raffles Institution 2025 RI Y6 GP TP P2 (Relevance of Art) 1 Suggested Answer Key From Passage 1 1. In paragraph 1, why has the author placed information about another of Burden’s performance inside brackets (lines 6-7)? [2m] From the passage/Lift Suggested Answer Marks Try as he might, Burden never quite matched the shock of his spectacular debut (and he did try, once letting himself be crucified onto the back of a Volkswagen Beetle). (l.5-7) A [Function] The author i. wishes to include a side note / additional / supplementary information / information not central to the main point ii. to illustrate / demonstrate OR emphasise to the reader that i. Both i. and ii. required for A. 1m B [Context]: Focus of bracketed text is on Burden’s subsequent attempts to match his initial effort. (Clue: ‘try as he might’… ‘he did try’) Burden made an attempt to match / supersede / top his initial / very first showcase (by allowing himself to be crucified on the back of a Volkswagen Beetle.) [Note: Answer should focus on his re-attempt and not on the ‘extreme nature’ of his performance] 1m

Raffles Institution 2025 RI Y6 GP TP P2 (Relevance of Art) 2 2. Explain what the author means by writing ‘there is a broadmindedness so roomy that it is indistinguishable from indifference, and it is lethal’ (lines 14-15). [2m] From the passage/Lift Suggested Answer Marks But there is a broadmindedness so roomy (l.14) A The author implies that the general attitude towards the arts is too / overly / excessively accommodating / liberal. Note: must capture the intensity of “so roomy”. 1-2 pts = 1m 3 pts = 2m that it is indistinguishable from indifference, (l.14-15) B such that we cannot tell it apart from apathy / detachment / a total lack of concern. Note: answer must capture how there is no difference between excessive broadmindedness and indifference and it is lethal. (l.15) C Such an attitude could cause the demise of OR be fatal / deadly to the arts. Must capture the intensity that it is death causing or extremely dangerous.

Raffles Institution 2025 RI Y6 GP TP P2 (Relevance of Art) 3 3. In lines 24-25, what does the author have to say about the future of the art market? [3m] From the passage/Lift Suggested Answer Marks One can expect more such record- breaking in the art market over the next few years as it is (l.24) A [FOCUS: Stronger market (not rate/speed of growth)] The author is implying that the art market will continue to experience increasing/ stronger growth OR new highs in the demand for / value / prices of art, and Must capture the comparative ‘more’. 1m … bolstered by … (l.25) B Focus: Strong growth is fuelled by this growth / expansion is fuelled / driven by 1m Hong Kong dollars, Swiss francs, and Qatari riyals. (l.25) C [INF] Focus: Inter