PrepTest 103, Section 4, Question 12
James Porter (1905–1970) was the first scholar to(436 more words not shown)
The passage most strongly supports(10 more words not shown)
- AThey often contained(10 more words not shown)
- BThey fueled his(8 more words not shown)
- CThey were used(13 more words not shown)
- DThey were a(9 more words not shown)
- EThey were done(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Porter consciously maintained African artistic ties in his own paintings. The end of paragraph 2 links those paintings to his knowledge of African cultural history. That's our starting point for the inference; we shouldn't invent a career story or a publishing plan from it.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
The preceding sentence describes “unique ties to African artisanship,” and then we’re told he deliberately preserved those connections in his paintings (paragraph 2). Figures or images drawn from African artisans' work would express those ties in the paintings.
- B
We aren't told that painting inspired him to become an art historian. The suggested connection is to his sensitivity to African ties, not the origin of his career.
- C
Nothing says his book reproduced or discussed his own paintings.
- D
Preserving an artistic heritage isn't the same as painting to prove a historical theory. That motive isn't supplied.
- E
No such timeline is given. We know he was both painter and scholar, not that he completed all scholarship before painting.
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