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ID: LSAT-LR-143
Section: Logical Reasoning
Topic: Principle
Difficulty level: Medium

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Principle: A museum may sell an object from its collection only if the object was acquired without a condition restricting its disposal and the proceeds are applied to acquisitions. A condition is a term on which the museum acquired the object. A hope the donor expressed at the time of the gift is not a condition, however clearly it was expressed.

Which one of the following judgements conforms most closely to the principle above?

ANo restriction on disposal came with the Coldharbour's screen, so its trustees may sell it whenever they choose.

BThe Aldreth sold a longcase clock whose donor had said at the time of the gift that he hoped it would never leave the house, and spent the proceeds on acquisitions; the sale conformed.

CThe Dunsford refused to sell candlesticks that came in unrestricted, though the proceeds would have gone to acquisitions; the refusal did not conform.

DThe Bewick's donor asked that the netsuke be kept together; the museum sold three of the twelve, so the sale did not conform.

EThe Elsdon sold unrestricted chairs and spent what they fetched conserving what it kept; conservation being an investment in the collection, the sale conformed.

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