PrepTest 137, Section 1, Question 2
Until my present study, African American entertainer Lorenzo(472 more words not shown)
The author's main purpose in(13 more words not shown)
- Aindicate a source(11 more words not shown)
- Bprovide a counterexample(12 more words not shown)
- Cjustify reliance on(3 more words not shown)
- Dgive evidence of(10 more words not shown)
- Eindicate the nature(15 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What does the author say the collection can do? The artifacts, together with Tucker's memories, “help shed new light” on this part of entertainment history. That makes the memorabilia useful evidence, not just another accomplishment on his résumé.
What we’re looking for
So predict a research source. The surrounding paragraph explains why Tucker is worth studying, and the collection helps make that case by providing material the researcher can use.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
The collection supplies information about Tucker's world and its history. Its stated ability to shed light on the subject connects it directly to the research, even though the next paragraph gives the fuller list of sources.
- B
A counterexample would need some general claim to count against. No claim about how scholars typically gather information is challenged by Tucker's collection. The detail supports the account of this study rather than refutes a general rule.
- C
Having a collection doesn't, by itself, establish that someone's memories are reliable. The author treats artifacts and recollections as sources to use together, then separately explains the need to verify oral testimony.
- D
The collection concerns theater and film, the field in which Tucker worked. This isn't evidence of a range of interests outside his professional life. Nonperforming is not the same as nonprofessional.
- E
We learn what was available for this particular subject. One person's collection doesn't establish what scholars typically have when studying entertainers in general.
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