Curator: The decision to restore the cloak of the central figure in Veronese's painting from its present red to the ...
Motunrayo-Bamgbose-MartinsJune 3, 2020
How do you know when to skip a speaker in the stimulus?
I saw somewhere that it is always advisable to read the stimulus before the question stem. However, the responses that include multiple speakers sometimes mention to skip a particular speaker due to irrelevance. How would I know to skip a speaker if I have to read the stimulus first? Which saves more time, reading the stimulus and possibly reading a part that is not necessary to answer the question or reading the question stem first then focusing on what is necessary to answer the question?
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You likely saw responses from different tutors who have different approaches to this question type. Some read the stimulus first, others read the question stem first. I personally read the stimulus first, but I don't believe it makes much of a difference either way. In this case, I would have read both arguments, and then ignored the art critic after seeing the question specifically about the curator. If you feel like this was a waste of time, then you can try reading the question stem first. However, read very carefully so that you don't skip a relevant argument.
You are right that you can't employ both of these strategies here, so you will have to decide what works best for you. I support a personalized approach to this test.
