Passage Summary: Ross thinks the best way to stop plays from being rebellious is to put the playwrights on the government payroll. He figures they won't talk trash about their bosses, and the audience still gets their entertainment.

Conclusion: The best way for a government to control theater while satisfying the public is to hire dramatists as official government employees.

Reasoning: Dramatists are unlikely to criticize their own employers, and the public's desire for entertainment will be met by these state-employed performers.

Analysis: Ross assumes that the 'entertainment' the public wants is independent of the 'subversive' content the government hates. To weaken this, we could suggest that the public is specifically interested in the subversive nature of theater. If the audience only finds theater entertaining when it is challenging authority, then government-controlled theater will fail to satisfy them. Look for an answer that suggests being a government employee either won't stop the criticism or will make the plays unappealing to the public.