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title: Museums and galleries: how to visit and what is there — how Mova does on the tests · Arts
description: Lesson 17 of the arts course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 11 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Museums and galleries: how to visit and what is there

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**Tests:** 4 of 11 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 8 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 17 of the arts course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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Your mate goes, "one little touch won't hurt it, bruv." What is the problem?

- **1.** One touch makes it worth more — score 11
- **2.** Millions of little touches would wear the art away — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** Touching is the best way to see art properly up close — **← Mova's choice** · score 13
- **4.** Paint never wears out, however many hands touch it — score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 13, against 11 for the next best. Its support: lesson 17, line 5: «People say it their way: Gen Z "slaps" means is really good, "lad" and "mate" are friendly ways to talk to a boy, and "love" is a friendly word from a nan.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+7); the same thing acted on «friendly ways» (+5); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Arthur's guard sighs, "Lad, I said no flash." What does "lad" tell you?

- **1.** It's the guard's own name — no support
- **2.** It's a friendly way to address a boy — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 17
- **3.** It means "you're arrested now" — no support
- **4.** The guard is angry and rude to him — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 17, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 5: «People say it their way: Gen Z "slaps" means is really good, "lad" and "mate" are friendly ways to talk to a boy, and "love" is a friendly word from a nan.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+7); the same thing acted on «friendly ways» (+5); its «because» matches the remembered cause (+4); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Yuki says the museum "slaps" (is really good). What has she probably found?

- **1.** A hands-on room full of buttons and games — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A sign saying "do not touch anything" — no support
- **3.** A locked door with nobody behind it — no support
- **4.** An empty hall — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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What would happen if a big museum let every visitor touch the paintings for 50 years?

- **1.** They would look brighter and cleaner than ever — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** The paintings would be badly worn and damaged — **✓ the right answer** · score 0
- **3.** Nothing at all would change — no support
- **4.** The paintings would grow bigger — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 1 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 14, line 14: «Loose brushwork, holding the brush further from the bristles, often makes paintings look more alive.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «look» (+2); the same doer «paintings» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 0. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Two people argue: "Send the mummy home!" vs "Keep it safe here for everyone!" What is true?

- **1.** Nobody cares about where objects come from — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Mummies can never be moved at all, as they would crumble — no support
- **3.** People really disagree, and some objects have been returned — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** One side is clearly right and nobody argues — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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A cartoon shows a museum selling its Mona Lisa to the richest kid. What is wrong?

- **1.** Museums sell their famous art at the gift shop on Sundays — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** Kids are the only people who buy art — no support
- **3.** Nothing, museums sell paintings every day — no support
- **4.** Public museum art is kept for everyone, not sold — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 12: «During wars museums hide or move their collections: in Ukraine after 2022 many museums packed and hid art, and in World War Two British paintings were hidden i…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «art» (+3); the same doer «many museums» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Grandad says, "In a war, who cares about paintings?" What is a strong answer?

- **1.** Paintings can protect people hiding behind them from bombs — **← Mova's choice** · score 10
- **2.** He's right, art is only decoration — score 4
- **3.** Museums sell their art in wars to buy tanks and planes — score 10
- **4.** Art holds a country's memory, so people risk a lot to save it — **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 17, line 15: «Paintings in public museums usually belong to the museum or the country and are not for sale; at auction, art can sell for hundreds of millions.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «paintings» (+4). The right option, 4, scored 3. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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Blake's guide says "some of each, mate." What should Blake do to know which bones are real?

- **1.** Knock on them hard — no support
- **2.** Ask a dinosaur — no support
- **3.** Lick the bones — no support
- **4.** Read the label — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 13: «Many dinosaur skeletons are casts, copies made from moulds, because real fossil bones are heavy, fragile and rare; labels usually say which parts are real.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «say» (+3). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Aditi's class moans "my feet are dead, miss." What would have helped?

- **1.** Seeing even more rooms, but faster — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Never going to museums again — no support
- **3.** Planning a few rooms with the map — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Walking backwards — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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Saanvi's dad says "not for the likes of us". What is true for many national museums?

- **1.** They only let in rich people — no support
- **2.** They are open to everyone, and many are free — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** They need a special invitation from the king — score 4
- **4.** They are only for adults — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 17, line 1: «A museum keeps important objects safe and shows them to everyone: paintings, mummies, dinosaurs, machines; a gallery mostly shows art, and some galleries also…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «museum» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Oscar thinks you need to know loads before you can enjoy art. What is enough to start?

- **1.** Reading every book about art first — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Being a museum guard for years — no support
- **3.** Looking and asking yourself questions — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Having a degree in art — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Identify the principal reason for which visitors to a museum are requested to refrain from touching works of art.

- **1.** The wetness of the paint upon the canvas, which adheres to the hands — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The wish of the attendants to exercise authority — no support
- **3.** The cumulative damage occasioned by oils and moisture from the hands — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The danger of electric shock from the frames — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the conduct of museums in time of war.

- **1.** Collections are invariably sold to finance hostilities and the purchase of arms — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Museums are obliged to destroy their collections — no support
- **3.** Collections are left in situ without any precaution — no support
- **4.** Collections are frequently concealed or removed to places of safety — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the status of a painting held by a public museum?

- **1.** It is offered for sale to the highest bidder upon request — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** It is ordinarily the property of the museum or the nation and is not offered for sale — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** It may be removed by any visitor who pays the admission charge — no support
- **4.** It is the private property of the attendant — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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Ascertain the reason for which many skeletons of dinosaurs exhibited in museums are casts.

- **1.** Dinosaurs possessed no bones capable of preservation — no support
- **2.** Genuine fossil bones are heavy, fragile and rare — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** Casts are more ancient than the original fossils — no support
- **4.** The display of genuine bones is prohibited by law — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 17, line 13: «Many dinosaur skeletons are casts, copies made from moulds, because real fossil bones are heavy, fragile and rare; labels usually say which parts are real.», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. What matched: the same doer «real fossil bones» (+2); the same property (+1); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/17-museums-and-galleries-how-to-visit-and-what-is-there/e4/)

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