PrepTest 121, Section 3, Question 5
One of the intriguing questions considered by anthropologists(433 more words not shown)
The passage suggests that the(17 more words not shown)
- AThey were technologically(8 more words not shown)
- BThey were the(10 more words not shown)
- CThey had established(5 more words not shown)
- DThey occupied a(7 more words not shown)
- EThey carved images(12 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
This could test their way of life, the paintings, or the ceremonies. We need a claim the account supports, not something that merely sounds plausible for an ancient society.
Working the answers
- A
We aren't given a comparison of the two groups' technology. Supplanting the Neanderthals doesn't tell us whether their tools were equally advanced.
- B
The text mentions images of costumed religious leaders, but never calls the Aurignacians the first people to wear ceremonial costumes. Earliest known representational art is a different claim.
- CCorrect
The first paragraph proposes a “distinct group of artists” who practiced and taught their skills while others supported them. That is evidence of specialized social roles: some people could concentrate on art rather than everyone performing all the same tasks.
- D
A more secure life doesn't necessarily mean a less hostile environment. The account attributes significance to their ability to support artists; it doesn't establish that their external surroundings were easier than those of the Neanderthals.
- E
The images are on cave walls. No carving on hunting weapons is described, even though the paintings may have been intended to improve hunting success.
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