PrepTest 131, Section 4, Question 21
The Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) was(439 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(12 more words not shown)
- AThe material that(20 more words not shown)
- BIt was similar(20 more words not shown)
- CNoguchi did not(18 more words not shown)
- DIt was produced(21 more words not shown)
- EIt was unlike(24 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The Fuller portrait was reflective and innovative. What else can we infer about it? We need evidence for each proposed claim, not just the general idea that he did something new.
Working the answers
- A
We learn that Ford's automotive work made the material available. No earlier sculptural experiments with it are identified. Its industrial use doesn't establish that other sculptors had tried it.
- BCorrect
The early work showed an exceptional understanding of human anatomy, and the later work was a portrait of Fuller. So at least some of the earlier sculptures and this portrait represented the human form. The use of positive light was new; the human subject wasn't entirely new for him.
- C
We aren't told that Noguchi doubted the idea's originality or was surprised by Fuller's reaction. Fuller suggesting a material doesn't establish either part of that story.
- D
Offering to make a portrait doesn't establish that it was a personal favor or that Noguchi intended to keep it from critics' attention.
- E
Watch which sculptures the word latter refers to: Brancusi's. The account places those in the traditional approach dependent on light and shadow. E attributes the absence of that dependence to the wrong set of sculptures.
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