Critics have asserted that ﬁne art and fashion rarely ______ in a world where artists create timeless works for exhibition and
designers periodically produce new styles for the public to buy. Luiseño/Shoshone-Bannock beadwork artist and designer
Jamie Okuma challenges this view: her work can be seen in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and purchased through her
online boutique.
prevail
succumb
diverge
intersect
Choice D is the best answer because it most logically completes the text’s discussion about the relationship between ﬁne art
and fashion. As used in this context, “intersect” means to connect or overlap. The text indicates that Jamie Okuma
challenges the position held by critics because her work can be seen at an art museum and can be bought by the public from
her online boutique. The text also presents the critics’ view as being inﬂuenced by a perception that ﬁne artists create works
that are “timeless” and meant for exhibition, whereas fashion designers periodically produce new styles that are meant for
purchase. This context suggests that the critics believe that ﬁne art and fashion tend not to overlap—in other words, that
they rarely intersect. 
Choice A is incorrect because it wouldn’t make sense in context to say that critics contend that ﬁne art and fashion rarely
“prevail,” or prove to be triumphant or widespread. The text indicates that Okuma is an example of an artist who
demonstrates that it’s possible to make ﬁne art that is also available to the public as fashion. Choice B is incorrect because
it wouldn’t make sense in context to say that ﬁne art and fashion rarely “succumb,” or surrender. The text establishes that
unlike what critics believe, Okuma creates works that are in art museums and available for the public to purchase,
suggesting that critics believe ﬁne art and fashion rarely overlap, not that they rarely succumb. Choice C is incorrect because
saying that critics believe that ﬁne art and fashion rarely “diverge,” or disagree or move in different directions, wouldn’t make
sense in context. The text presents Okuma’s work as both ﬁne art and fashion, thereby undermining what the critics assert.
This suggests that the critics believe that ﬁne art and fashion rarely intersect rather than that the two rarely diverge.