PrepTest 110, Section 1, Question 9
The term "blues" is conventionally used to refer(447 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(23 more words not shown)
- Aa set of(17 more words not shown)
- Ba set of(10 more words not shown)
- Ca set of(12 more words not shown)
- Da set of(11 more words not shown)
- Ea set of(16 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
A reservoir is something these musical forms draw from. The surrounding sentence points to African American culture, so my prediction is shared experience contributing to both genres. Keep the direction straight: the music draws on the experience.
Working the answers
- A
This describes similar experiences in differing cultures. The sentence identifies a common cultural source for blues and spirituals, not a comparison among separate cultures' music.
- B
All musical forms is broader than the claim. We're explaining a possible connection between these two through African American experience.
- CCorrect
The two genres may share roots in the same body of experience (paragraph 1). Experiences contributing to both forms captures that source relationship, even without repeating the cultural label.
- D
Break down the jargon: irreconcilable dichotomies are opposites that cannot be brought together. The next paragraph says the folk tradition does not sharply divide reality that way. D gives the experiences the opposite role.
- E
This reverses the direction. The experiences arise from folk music in E; the musical forms arise from the shared experiences in the sentence we're interpreting. Belonging to the community doesn't fix that reversal.
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