PrepTest 111, Section 2, Question 11
The paintings of Romare Bearden (1914–1988) represent a(439 more words not shown)
It can be inferred from(13 more words not shown)
- Ainvolve innovative creative(1 more words not shown)
- Breveal instances of(3 more words not shown)
- Ccommunicate the sociological(4 more words not shown)
- Ddepict the richness(3 more words not shown)
- Ecloud the picture(3 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The criticism is that these records simplify what Bearden shows more fully. What do they fail to give us? The depth and complexity of African American life. Keep the “do not” in the question: we're looking for what's missing from their account.
Working the answers
- A
We aren't told whether their techniques are innovative. The criticism concerns their simplified portrayal, not whether their methods are new.
- B
A simplified account could still show a person's suffering. Nothing says these records generally fail to do that.
- C
Sociology's clichés are mentioned alongside journalism's and photography's simplifications. That doesn't establish that these records fail to communicate familiar sociological platitudes. The criticism isn't that they cannot repeat oversimplified ideas.
- DCorrect
Bearden reveals a world “in all its fullness” that journalism and documentary photography have made cloudy through simplification. Its richness is what their accounts miss. His ceremonies, family rituals, suffering, and celebration help us see what a fuller portrayal includes.
- E
Clouding the picture is what the author says their simplifications do. Choosing E would say they do not cloud it—the opposite of the stated criticism.
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