OFFICIAL EXPLANATION



B

The key to understanding this question is to determine how the author of the passage describes John Cage's approach to music. In the passage, the author describes Cage as being concerned with "removing the creator, the personal influence, from music and instead creating music based on natural patterns." This points immediately to choice (B), a paraphrase of this statement. That answer is correct, but you should take care to eliminate the other options to ensure your correct response. Choice (A) may seem to describe Cage's radical departure from traditional music, but the departure itself is not described as his motivation. Choices (C) and (E) are, in essence, paraphrases of one another, claiming that music has no real definition. While this relates to Cage's question of what defined music, neither choice correctly describes his philosophy of music. Choice (D) is clearly incorrect because it directly contradicts the paraphrase of the passage seen in (B). Choice (B) is the correct answer.