PrepTest 141, Section 1, Question 8
From a critical discussion of the work of(461 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(9 more words not shown)
- AThe circumstances under(10 more words not shown)
- BThe peculiar charm(21 more words not shown)
- CThe implicit claim(20 more words not shown)
- DThe most successful(27 more words not shown)
- EThe interest of(20 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already predicted the main point: Cameron's photographs are appealing because we see both the fictional scene and the real people staging it. We need an answer that preserves that combination and the author's positive judgment.
What we’re looking for
An answer about awkward posing alone would leave out why the writer finds it valuable. An answer that eliminates the fictional scene would also lose half of the explanation.
Working the answers
- A
The comical circumstances are real, but this stops at their effect on the pictures' comedy. The central claim is that visible traces of those circumstances give the photographs their life and charm. Merely calling them unintentionally comical omits the artistic value the writer explains.
- BCorrect
The viewer sees the imagined scene and remains aware of how it is being portrayed. That simultaneous awareness captures the described doubleness and explains the photographs' peculiar charm. It fits both the argument about the sitters and the final combination of amateurism and artistry.
- C
This makes the visible sitters a problem undermining the photographs. The author instead values their presence. The comparison with paintings explains a different kind of effect; it is not an argument that Cameron's claim to artistic standing fails.
- D
Complete unawareness of role playing contradicts the account of photographs' doubleness. Even The Passing of Arthur has obviously makeshift props. Its successful fantasy doesn't establish that viewers forget the staging altogether.
- E
The real sitters matter, but not to the exclusion of the imaginary scenes. Their artistic interest comes from the tension between the two. This choice turns a relationship into an either-or.
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