PrepTest 121, Section 3, Question 9
The poet Louise Glück has said that she(457 more words not shown)
Based on the description in(24 more words not shown)
- Aa bird's flight(5 more words not shown)
- Ba ship's prow(11 more words not shown)
- Ca building's facade(6 more words not shown)
- Da railroad track,(7 more words not shown)
- Ea novel that(8 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We want something that makes an underlying influence visible without deliberately setting out to display it. Glück's point isn't that poets should hide gender differences or exaggerate them. Those differences can show through the work itself.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
The bird's flight corresponds to the poem, and the previously unseen air currents correspond to the underlying gender differences. The flight makes the currents apparent, just as the writing can reveal a perspective the poet didn't consciously set out to demonstrate.
- B
This concerns a feature deliberately designed to withstand a certain force. It doesn't match an underlying influence becoming apparent without a specific intention to reveal it.
- C
Decorating a structure adds a surface embellishment. We're looking for something being revealed through a work, not an ordinary underlying thing being dressed up.
- D
A track is necessary for the train's travel. That requirement doesn't match the relationship between a poem and the differences it may reveal.
- E
Deliberate concealment goes in the wrong direction. Not trying to advertise a gender perspective isn't the same as intentionally hiding it.
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