PrepTest 131, Section 4, Question 17
The Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) was(439 more words not shown)
The passage provides information sufficient(8 more words not shown)
- AIn what way(18 more words not shown)
- BIn the course(14 more words not shown)
- CWhat are some(16 more words not shown)
- DDuring Noguchi's lifetime,(13 more words not shown)
- EDid Noguchi at(15 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We need a question we can actually answer from what we've read. Knowing that Noguchi worked in Brancusi's studio, made the Fuller portrait, and kept exploring doesn't supply every detail of his career. For each choice, check whether the relevant information is really there.
Working the answers
- A
We know he cut and polished stone for Brancusi, but not that this was his first experience doing so. He was already an accomplished sculptor before arriving in Paris. That job doesn't establish how he originally learned the skills.
- B
No other art form is identified. He may have worked in one, but we aren't told.
- C
The account identifies chrome-nickel steel in the Fuller portrait. It doesn't identify nonmetal materials he used after his association with Brancusi ended. The earlier stone work doesn't answer that later-career question.
- DCorrect
The final paragraph says his explorations won “critical recognition” for the genius of the idea. That tells us there was a favorable response to the positive-light work during his lifetime. The earlier fellowship alone wouldn't settle this: it preceded the reflective portrait. The closing recognition does.
- E
Reflective isn't the same as transparent or translucent. Nothing tells us whether he considered a sculpture that viewers could see through.
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