Quiz · Restoration Ethics: A Tutorial Discussion

Question 1What is the main purpose of the conversation?

To defend the view that restoration should always aim for perfection. To persuade the public to accept buildings that look incomplete. To advise the student on revising an essay about conservation ethics. To compare newspaper commentary with the rules of the Venice Charter.

Question 2According to the discussion, what did further analysis of the case study reveal?

Political motives, rather than cost, were the real obstacle. Cost was finally confirmed as the main obstacle to reconstruction. The rebuilding of Warsaw was universally praised by critics. The Venice Charter was ignored by most professional conservators.

Question 3What does the Venice Charter insist upon, according to the tutor?

New work on a monument must copy the original style exactly. Monuments damaged in wars must always be completely rebuilt. All restoration costs must be published for public scrutiny. New work on a monument must remain clearly distinguishable.

Question 4What view did the student argue in the essay discussed last week?

Restoration should always aim for perfection. Restoration should leave monuments visibly incomplete. Restoration should follow newspaper commentary. Restoration should copy Warsaw's old town exactly.

Question 5What has happened to the student's view since writing the essay?

It has been abandoned as completely wrong. It has been complicated by further reading. It has been praised by professional conservators. It has been adopted by the Venice Charter.

Question 6According to the student, what do most visitors seem to prefer?

Buildings that look complete and untouched. Buildings with clearly visible modern additions. Monuments restored at the lowest possible cost. Ruins preserved exactly as wars left them.

Question 7How did some critics react to the rebuilding of Warsaw's old town?

They praised it as a perfect reconstruction. They demanded it be rebuilt again. They dismissed it as a rather beautiful fake. They ignored it in their publications.

Question 8What does the tutor tell the student to do in the revision?

Combine technical and ethical questions into one section. Rely mainly on newspaper commentary for sources. Defend the view that restoration aims for perfection. Separate technical questions from ethical questions.

Question 9What will the student bring to the next tutorial?

A list of conservators willing to be interviewed. A new draft with a restructured middle section. A summary of newspaper commentary on Warsaw. A translation of the Venice Charter.

Question 10Whom does the tutor say the student should cite in the essay?

Journalists who reported on the Warsaw rebuilding. Officials who drafted the Venice Charter. The conservators themselves rather than newspapers. Historians specialising in wartime destruction.