PrepTest 102, Section 1, Question 10
While a new surge of critical interest in(470 more words not shown)
The passage suggests which one(12 more words not shown)
- AIt has dealt(8 more words not shown)
- BIt is more(7 more words not shown)
- CIt has rejected(11 more words not shown)
- DIt has ignored(8 more words not shown)
- EIt has attempted(12 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What changed after the 1935–1970 period? Scholars returned to treating the poems as poems. I'd expect an answer about their literary qualities, rather than another study of the history surrounding them. The opening's contrast and the final paragraph's revival point us in the same direction.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
The final paragraph describes a revival of attention to Homer’s literary artistry (paragraph 3). That's the return to studying the works as poetry that we predicted.
- B
Nothing ranks the newer scholarship as more incisive than the Parrys' work. Adam helped prepare the revival; we aren't told that later scholars surpassed him or his father.
- C
Different doesn't mean irrelevant. A return to literary analysis needn't reject all the earlier background research. Adam's approach actually keeps his father's belief in an inherited tradition while emphasizing Homer's individual contribution.
- D
We aren't told that later scholars ignored Weil and Auerbach. Their earlier work is described, but its later reception isn't.
- E
No effort to confirm Homer's authorship is mentioned. Studying what makes the poems great literary art is different from determining who wrote them.
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