PrepTest 115, Section 3, Question 8
The contemporary Mexican artistic movement known as muralism,(459 more words not shown)
The primary purpose of the(4 more words not shown)
- Adescribe the unifying(3 more words not shown)
- Bprovide support for(11 more words not shown)
- Csupport the claim(13 more words not shown)
- Dillustrate how the(6 more words not shown)
- Eargue that muralism(10 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The first paragraph introduces the movement's government sponsorship and national aims. The second says: don't stop there. These paintings also reflect developments in art and greater freedom within realism. Its job is to correct the idea that muralism is merely official government art.
Working the answers
- A
The paragraph mentions features of the movement, but its organizing point is a correction to a purely political account, not a list of what unifies the painters.
- B
Having artistic aims beyond politics doesn't mean the muralists opposed government causes. That argument isn't made here.
- C
The shared interest in commenting on their period appears in paragraph one. Paragraph two doesn't establish an always claim; it explains why political and social changes aren't the whole story.
- D
Incorporating local traditions is discussed earlier. This paragraph instead adds innovations in the art world to our explanation of the movement.
- ECorrect
The opening warning against reducing the paintings to “formulaic, official government art” states this purpose directly. The artistic innovations that follow explain why concentrating solely on politics leaves out something important.
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