PrepTest 139, Section 2, Question 20
Most scholars of Mexican American history mark César(461 more words not shown)
The passage most strongly supports(5 more words not shown)
- AThe carpas tradition(20 more words not shown)
- BComedy was a(8 more words not shown)
- CIn directing the(25 more words not shown)
- DMany of the(23 more words not shown)
- EBy the early(22 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We need a supported claim, which may require connecting two statements. Actos were the “quintessential form” of Chicano theater in the 1960s, and Valdez describes their presentation as a “brief comic statement.” Put those together: humor belonged to a central theatrical form, not just an obscure exception.
Working the answers
- A
Broyles-González discusses the carpas connection, but one account doesn't establish widespread analysis by historians in both countries. Neither that breadth nor those nationalities is supplied.
- BCorrect
The comic character of actos, together with their central place in Chicano theater, supports comedy's prominence. We don't have to assume every production was comic; a prominent feature need not be universal.
- C
The author describes carpas as an influence, especially through participants' cultural backgrounds. That does not establish a deliberate campaign by Valdez to recreate audiences' earlier experiences. Influence is not automatically intentional imitation.
- D
The account starts with workers' improvisations that Valdez guided. It doesn't describe a process of his first writing scripts and the workers then modifying them. D assigns specific stages and roles that aren't stated.
- E
We are told that the movement reached its apex in the 1970s, not that Valdez left it to pursue separate work. A fact about the movement's growth cannot establish that individual career change.
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