PrepTest 125, Section 3, Question 8
The painter Roy Lichtenstein helped to define pop(429 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(9 more words not shown)
- ALichtenstein's use of(32 more words not shown)
- BLichtenstein's use of(31 more words not shown)
- CLichtenstein's use of(28 more words not shown)
- DLichtenstein's use of(31 more words not shown)
- ELichtenstein's use of(32 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already predicted that Lichtenstein's work is more than parody. It challenges artistic pretension while bringing contemporary life, nostalgia, and sincere feeling into the paintings. We want an answer that keeps that additional contribution, rather than stopping at who he rebels against.
Working the answers
- A
This adds an attempt to recreate the early abstract expressionists' work. The writer distinguishes that powerful early work from the later target, but doesn't say Lichtenstein aims to reproduce it.
- BCorrect
This combines the reaction against later expressionist pretension with the realistic and nostalgic effects developed in the final paragraph. It captures what the work does beyond parody.
- C
The paintings were initially difficult to recognize as fine art, but the writer doesn't say their emotional complexity has prevented recognition within the expressionist tradition. That isn't the explanation being offered here.
- D
The early-versus-later distinction is real. But this answer remains focused on the rebellion and leaves out the larger point that realism, nostalgia, and true feeling take the work beyond parody.
- E
The work is described as complex, but the emphasis isn't a claim that Lichtenstein is himself highly sophisticated. The writer stresses deliberate naivete and the effects achieved through it. E misses that fuller account.
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