PrepTest 137, Section 1, Question 1
Until my present study, African American entertainer Lorenzo(472 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(5 more words not shown)
- AThe career biography(38 more words not shown)
- BEvidence from a(35 more words not shown)
- CTucker's interest in(35 more words not shown)
- DThe research methods(29 more words not shown)
- EPrevious theater and(27 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already predicted the central idea: this career biography combines Tucker's own account with films, documents, and other interviews, checking his recollections wherever possible. That research can illuminate both his career and a part of entertainment history that has received too little attention.
What we’re looking for
We want a summary of that whole project. The reason for choosing Tucker matters, but so does the explanation of how the biography was researched.
Working the answers
- A
The study may make a valuable contribution, but the author doesn't claim to have invented research methods. Nor are specific earlier misinterpretations identified and corrected. The contribution is better information about the subject, not the methodological innovation this answer claims.
- BCorrect
This combines the range of sources, the checking of Tucker's oral accounts, and the biography's historical contribution. It covers the opening reason for the study and the methods developed through the remaining paragraphs.
- C
Tucker's collection supplies useful material, but we aren't told that he took the initiative to make the historical record public. This also shifts the focus from the author's research to Tucker's preservation efforts.
- D
The difficulty of obtaining objective recollections is a real issue in the discussion. But it is part of explaining how this biography was researched, not the entire purpose of the account. D leaves out the particular study's subject and contribution.
- E
The opening concerns limited attention to Tucker's career as a whole. It doesn't isolate his nonperforming work as the overlooked contribution. And criticizing previous historians is not the main work of this introduction.
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