PrepTest 110, Section 1, Question 8
The term "blues" is conventionally used to refer(447 more words not shown)
Each of the following is(14 more words not shown)
- Aexpressions of sorrow(2 more words not shown)
- Ba striving to(7 more words not shown)
- Ca possible link(5 more words not shown)
- Dthe goal of(3 more words not shown)
- Ethe use of(6 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Four choices should have support for both genres. We know they share a transformative aim and a possible cultural source; a feature of just one genre wouldn't be enough.
Working the answers
- A
The second paragraph directly says both musical forms frequently convey yearning or sadness (paragraph 2). Both are covered.
- B
The first paragraph says each genre aims at a spiritual transformation. This is explicitly shared.
- C
Both forms “may be linked” to ancestral West African cultures. Possible link keeps the qualification in the text.
- D
Both aim at transforming participants' spirits toward “elation and exaltation.” Exalted emotions restates that shared goal.
- ECorrect
We aren't told that both use religious terminology in their lyrics. Similarity to a religious experience doesn't tell us what words the songs use. The comparison supplies no support for this shared feature.
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