PrepTest 139, Section 2, Question 14
Most scholars of Mexican American history mark César(461 more words not shown)
The author uses the word(13 more words not shown)
- Ahow little physical(14 more words not shown)
- Bthe sense of(16 more words not shown)
- Cthe ease with(15 more words not shown)
- Dhow closely the(15 more words not shown)
- Ehow vividly the(8 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The actos drew on experiences the performers had actually lived. That made the situations feel vivid and recognizable to their audiences. Think of hearing a familiar workplace frustration acted out by someone who knows it firsthand: the experience comes through.
What we’re looking for
Here, immediacy describes that effect of the performance. We should read it with the surrounding phrase “palpable immediacy,” rather than default to a meaning about time or physical proximity.
Working the answers
- A
This turns the effect into a measurement of the space between actors and audience. The sentence connects immediacy to personal experience, not how close the audience sat to the truck.
- B
Addressing the audience directly could create intimacy, but we aren't told that the actors used that technique. B invents a particular method to explain the effect.
- C
Personal experience supplied material, but the sentence doesn't say that developing the sketches was easy. It describes how the resulting performances felt, not the difficulty of creating them.
- D
This concerns the working relationship between director and performers. Immediacy describes the experiences being conveyed, not the closeness of that collaboration.
- ECorrect
Vividly conveying the performers' experiences captures the effect. The material felt real and immediate because it came from their own lives.
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