PrepTest 137, Section 1, Question 13
Taking the explication of experience as its object(440 more words not shown)
The approach of which one(17 more words not shown)
- AThe producer of(17 more words not shown)
- BA work presented(11 more words not shown)
- CAn ethnographer describes(20 more words not shown)
- DA writer illustrates(12 more words not shown)
- EThe developer of(22 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Recall the three strands: Nisa's own experience, its connection with women's experience more broadly, and the encounter between Nisa and Shostak. That third strand makes the collaboration visible. The subject's life is explored partly through her interaction with the person presenting it.
What we’re looking for
A useful parallel should reproduce that relationship. It needn't mention ethnography or duplicate every feature of the book; matching the distinctive method matters more than sharing the same topic.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
The filmmaker resembles Shostak, and the film's subject resembles Nisa. Their interaction appears in the finished work and reveals the subject's life, just as the book includes the encounter through which Nisa's story emerges.
- B
A biographer's writing an autobiography for someone else doesn't tell us that their encounter is presented as part of the account. Outside assistance alone is not the distinctive feature we are matching.
- C
This resembles the book's first strand: using an individual's experience to learn about a group. But it leaves out the visible encounter between researcher and subject. A captures that distinctive relationship more closely.
- D
Shostak is working with Nisa's life, not illustrating her views solely through stories of her own childhood. D loses the interaction between two people.
- E
A textbook's collection of anecdotes from many cultures doesn't reproduce the sustained collaboration between Shostak and Nisa. The anecdotes merely illustrate separate points.
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