PrepTest 124, Section 4, Question 2
Asian American poetry from Hawaii, the Pacific island(475 more words not shown)
Given the information in the(12 more words not shown)
- AImages in a(15 more words not shown)
- BThe experience of(16 more words not shown)
- CIt is important(17 more words not shown)
- DOne's identity is(13 more words not shown)
- EOne cannot both(11 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Lum keeps returning to the relationship between heritage and a new identity. We know he values both. That gives us a starting point for what he might believe, though a smaller supported detail could also answer this question.
Working the answers
- A
The writer explains some of Lum's images to us. That doesn't show that Lum believes poets must explain their images within the poems themselves.
- B
We see someone exploring his traditions while living in a new setting. That doesn't establish that living away from one's homeland is necessary for anyone to develop a healthy perspective on those traditions.
- CCorrect
The final sentence says the pressure of “individual drive and success” can make retaining homeland traditions difficult and should be addressed. Reconciling those values means finding room for individual achievement without losing the cultural ties Lum also values.
- D
Nothing says poetry should produce a fixed, unchanging identity. The discussion of developing a new identity doesn't support this proposed purpose for poetry.
- E
This reverses Lum's approach. In the lunar-celebration poem, ties to the homeland matter alongside a new family and identity in Hawaii. He is exploring how to have both, not declaring that the two are incompatible.
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