PrepTest 121, Section 3, Question 3
One of the intriguing questions considered by anthropologists(433 more words not shown)
The author would be most(10 more words not shown)
- AThe cave paintings(15 more words not shown)
- BSkill in art(7 more words not shown)
- CPrehistoric hunter-gatherers did(8 more words not shown)
- DAll art created(12 more words not shown)
- EThe Aurignacians sought(17 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
This is an open question about a supported view. We know the writer connects the paintings with specialized artists and develops a hunting-related explanation for the images and ceremonies. Any of those details might matter. Let's check the actual claim in each answer rather than extend the account to every ancient society or every work of art.
Working the answers
- A
The comparison is with the Neanderthals, not most other hunter-gatherer cultures. We aren't given enough information about those other cultures to make this broader security comparison.
- B
Pictures of shamans don't show that shamans were the painters. Even if some people filled both roles, the account doesn't establish artistic skill as a requirement for becoming a shaman.
- C
The argument concerns these cave paintings and questions whether beauty was their sole purpose. It doesn't rule out purely aesthetic art throughout prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies.
- D
“All art” goes beyond the works discussed. A proposed purpose for these paintings doesn't establish the purpose of every work the Aurignacians created. We don't need to settle whether every kind of ritual counts as magical power to see that scope problem.
- ECorrect
The final paragraph adds evidence of ceremonies before the images, including dancers' footprints and depictions of religious leaders. In the context of the hunting interpretation, that supports ceremonial acts alongside painted images as ways of seeking power over prey.
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