Question

question 4 of 5
passage ii
guitars and social media
whatever happened to playing guitar? i was upset the other day when i went to pick up my kid from his friend’s house and found them spacing out like zombies on their electronics. instead of the sound of two kids trying to figure out how to play music with each other, i heard only the bright buzzing sound of a laptop.
i can understand why the internet and social media might seem more fun than learning the guitar. everything you want to know is instantly available. the internet offers fun without really learning anything. learning an instrument like the guitar, on the other hand, sounds like a long and boring road. at first, nothing sounds good, and it can take months just to form a chord. but after a while, the reward of actually making music is worth the time and effort.
suppose the writer had chosen to write an essay that indicates that learning guitar is superior to spending time on social media. would this essay fulfill the writer’s goal?
a no, because the writer admits that social media has become more popular than learning to play the guitar.
b no, because the writer states that social media is a successful way for people to access meaningful information within seconds.
c yes, because the writer claims that learning to play the guitar takes more time to master than learning to use social media.
d yes, because the writer suggests that learning guitar can lead to more personal fulfillment than social media.

Explanation:

The passage notes social media provides instant fun without real learning, while learning guitar, though slow, leads to rewarding personal fulfillment from creating music. An essay arguing guitar is superior to social media would align with this focus on greater personal fulfillment, which matches the writer's implied positive framing of guitar's long-term reward. Other options are incorrect: popularity (A) doesn't relate to superiority; social media's information access (B) is a minor point not contradicting guitar's superiority; time to master (C) doesn't inherently make guitar superior.

Answer:

D. Yes, because the writer suggests that learning guitar can lead to more personal fulfillment than social media.