PrepTest 104, Section 2, Question 1
The career of trumpeter Miles Davis was one(460 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(8 more words not shown)
- ABecause the career(16 more words not shown)
- BBecause the career(28 more words not shown)
- CBecause the career(23 more words not shown)
- DThe long and(15 more words not shown)
- EMiles Davis's versatility(10 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already predicted the main point: Davis kept changing, and critics didn't give him the credit he deserved. We're looking for some version of that relationship. Calling him productive or innovative gets the topic, but leaves out why we're being told about his career.
Working the answers
- A
Failing to receive credit isn't failing to fulfill your potential. The writer calls Davis a genius; the problem is the critics' response to his achievements.
- BCorrect
His talent has not received adequate recognition (paragraph 1), and the ending explains why: his enduring, constantly changing career won't fit the critics' fixed hierarchy. “Preconceptions” isn't the word we predicted, but it captures those expectations and their effect on his reception.
- C
Davis's longevity matters, but this adds a public preference for artists with tragic lives. The discussion concerns critics struggling to categorize his continuing innovations, not popular acclaim being reserved for people who suffered.
- D
We see several innovations, not evidence that Davis caused most major changes in twentieth-century jazz. This also leaves out the central point about his critical reception.
- E
The writer admires him. The critics described here deplore his changes and belittle his contributions. This gives them the opposite reaction.
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