PrepTest 113, Section 1, Question 16
Published in 1952, Invisible Man featured a protagonist(439 more words not shown)
The expression " cultural segregation(14 more words not shown)
- Aa general tendency(15 more words not shown)
- Ban obvious separation(10 more words not shown)
- Cthe cultural isolation(9 more words not shown)
- Dthe cultural obstacles(7 more words not shown)
- Ean expectation placed(14 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Ellison is objecting to being told to stay within an assigned cultural role: create the kind of art your background supposedly requires, and put your individuality aside. That's the restriction meant by cultural segregation here.
Working the answers
- A
Recurring themes within a culture aren't necessarily imposed restrictions. Artists could freely choose similar subjects. This misses the expectation about what they should create.
- B
This makes the separation a result of different artistic principles. The objection here concerns cultural identity being used to assign an artist a role, not simply one artist liking realism while another prefers abstraction.
- C
This describes a feeling of isolation. Ellison is talking about constraints placed on artistic creation, not loneliness resulting from a subject an artist chooses.
- D
Audiences enter his response, but the phrase doesn't name obstacles to their appreciation. It names the cultural restriction he rejects.
- ECorrect
The preceding sentence describes demands to “sacrifice their individuality” for political and cultural purposes. Upholding a specific cultural agenda captures that expectation: the artist should make the work serve the assigned purpose rather than freely develop an individual voice.
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