PrepTest 122, Section 3, Question 7
Through the last half century, the techniques used(467 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(11 more words not shown)
- AAfrican Centers of(10 more words not shown)
- BAfrican Art Redefined:(13 more words not shown)
- CCharacteristics of African(6 more words not shown)
- DStyle Versus Technique:(7 more words not shown)
- EKonaté Sculptors: Pioneers(5 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already predicted the main point: fine stylistic details don't reliably establish which tribe produced a sculpture. My initial wording emphasizes the classification problem. A good title should capture that problem without reducing the discussion to one family or one feature of its work.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
This emphasizes centers of style more than my initial prediction did, but that improves the fit. Those centers explain the classification problem: artists from one group produce work for several others. The title includes both the cause and its implications for historians. I'd refine my prediction to include that connection explicitly.
- B
The tourist trade gets a brief mention, but the discussion doesn't trace how commercialization or tourist demand has transformed style. The central issue is the relationship between style and tribal attribution.
- C
These features are named as areas of consistency in the Konaté family's work. We don't get a general description of what African sculpture looks like; we examine whether its style identifies its origin.
- D
No conflict between style and technique is developed. The criticism concerns an approach to classification, not a general case against historians.
- E
The family illustrates the broader problem. We aren't told its members pioneered the art trade, and a title about them alone would miss the wider argument.
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