PrepTest 113, Section 1, Question 21
Published in 1952, Invisible Man featured a protagonist(439 more words not shown)
The passage provides information to(7 more words not shown)
- ADid Ellison himself(2 more words not shown)
- BWhat themes in(9 more words not shown)
- CWhat was Ellison's(10 more words not shown)
- DFrom what literary(11 more words not shown)
- EWhat kind of(10 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We need the one question the text doesn't let us answer. The details include Ellison's love of jazz, his response to critics, and the materials artists draw on. I'll check each question against those details; not remembering something immediately doesn't mean it was left out.
Working the answers
- A
Yes. The third paragraph refers to Ellison's enthusiastic appreciation of jazz.
- BCorrect
We learn about themes in the novel, including identity and alienation, and we learn how jazz helps us understand Ellison's work. We aren't told which themes came from themes in jazz. The analogy supplies a resemblance, not that history of influence. Neither Ellison's enjoyment of jazz nor the protagonist's isolation fills in that missing connection.
- C
Paragraph 2 gives his response. He saw a demand for self-censorship and the sacrifice of individuality, and he rejected its assumptions about artists and audiences.
- D
European writers had explored the questions of identity and character he takes up. The final paragraph also identifies European and African American predecessors whose ideas he transforms. We have information about those literary traditions.
- E
Some jazz musicians used “European-influenced songs of U.S. theater.” That is the specific material identified in the third paragraph, so this question is answered.
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