PrepTest 136, Section 1, Question 22
Music and literature, rivals among the arts, have(444 more words not shown)
The passage contains information that(10 more words not shown)
- ADo any African(13 more words not shown)
- BIn what way(10 more words not shown)
- CAfter the publication(20 more words not shown)
- DHow many works(13 more words not shown)
- EWhat characteristic of(13 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Which question can we actually answer from what we've read? We know how Morrison uses music, and the opening tells us how other African American writers have used it. We aren't given a full survey of other arts, Morrison's other books, or critics' reactions. Look for a question whose answer we can supply from the text.
Working the answers
- A
Writers aren't automatically visual artists just because their words are printed on a page. This account discusses writers and musicians; it doesn't tell us whether painters, sculptors, or other visual artists imitate music.
- B
Only Jazz is examined. We have no description of Morrison's other literary works with which to make the requested stylistic comparison.
- C
The author's praise doesn't tell us how quickly critics recognized the innovation after publication. No history of that response is supplied.
- D
We aren't given a count of works inspired by Ellington. His connection to this novel cannot establish how many other works there are.
- ECorrect
The opening says many African American writers have used music and musicians as themes or metaphors, and the next paragraph says music is connected to this novel's plot as well as its narration. Using musical subject matter is therefore a shared characteristic. Morrison's more unusual structural use of music doesn't erase that feature she shares with other writers.
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