PrepTest 107, Section 2, Question 7
For some years before the outbreak of World(434 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(20 more words not shown)
- Atheir insights into(4 more words not shown)
- Bthe visionary nature(4 more words not shown)
- Ctheir mastery of(5 more words not shown)
- Dtheir ability to(5 more words not shown)
- Etheir stylistic and(2 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Their artistic innovations. That's what we predicted as the main point, and it's the quality the writer explicitly praises in paragraph 3. The question identifies these painters by paragraph 2, but we can use what the writer says about them afterward.
Working the answers
- A
The writer challenges the emphasis on political prediction. These insights aren't what receives the praise.
- B
Social prophecy is the critic's reason for valuing the work, not the writer's.
- C
Mastering existing techniques differs from introducing new ones. The writer emphasizes their break with inherited traditions and their aesthetic innovations, not simply their skill at established methods.
- D
This recalls Delacroix adapting to conditions already underway. It isn't the chief achievement attributed to the prewar painters listed in paragraph 2.
- ECorrect
“Exceptional aesthetic innovations” gives us direct support. Accomplishments is broader than the innovations I predicted, but it captures the artistic achievement the writer values.
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