PrepTest 108, Section 1, Question 4
Painter Frida Kahlo (1910–1954) often used harrowing images(450 more words not shown)
In the context of the(29 more words not shown)
- Adreamy and(1 more words not shown)
- Bnostalgic and(1 more words not shown)
- Cfanciful and(1 more words not shown)
- Dtranscendental and(1 more words not shown)
- Eoverwrought and(1 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
She's looking back at the Aztecs through rose-colored glasses: an admired society that united a large area and supposedly organized work communally. Romantic here is about that idealized picture of the past, not romantic love. Which pair preserves that meaning?
Working the answers
- A
Dreamy is somewhat appealing, but escapist adds a retreat from present reality. We aren't told she uses the past to avoid present concerns; her nationalism is part of her political engagement.
- BCorrect
Nostalgic captures the admiring look backward. Idealistic fits the elevated picture of national unity and communal labor. The nearby description of “the Marxist ideal” helps confirm that second part.
- C
This emphasizes imaginative invention. The point is her admiration for an earlier society and its supposed ideals. B identifies that relationship to the past more precisely.
- D
Neither transcendence nor impracticality is the feature being explained. We aren't being asked whether we think her political outlook could work.
- E
Sentimental could describe attachment to the past, but overwrought adds excessive emotional agitation. Nothing in the sentence suggests that she is anxious or emotionally overwhelmed. Both words need to fit, not just one.
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