PrepTest 125, Section 1, Question 15
Aida Overton Walker (1880–1914), one of the most(470 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(21 more words not shown)
- ASatirical versions of(12 more words not shown)
- BA style of(18 more words not shown)
- CA style of(21 more words not shown)
- DA once popular(20 more words not shown)
- EAfter popular music(16 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The cakewalk borrowed European dance elements to parody European Americans. Those same borrowed elements then helped it appeal to European Americans. That's the relationship we need: material introduced to mock a group's tastes ends up attracting that group's audience.
Working the answers
- A
This compares how popular a parody is with how popular the original song is. Our relationship doesn't require the cakewalk to outperform the dances it borrowed from.
- B
The parody attracts a different group: young listeners enjoy the mockery of older listeners' music. We need the audience associated with the targeted style to appreciate the resulting music.
- CCorrect
Popular music's audience matches the European American audience. The new musical style matches the cakewalk, and the elements introduced to parody popular music match the borrowed European dance elements. Those elements help win over the very audience connected with the target of the parody.
- D
Nothing says the cakewalk lost an audience and then won it back. Incorporating popular elements alone also leaves out their original satiric purpose.
- E
Here popular music borrows from a traditional style and generates interest in that original style. We need the borrowing to help the new form appeal to the borrowed-from style's audience. E also supplies no parody.
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