PrepTest 141, Section 3, Question 8
One of the more striking developments in modern(447 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(9 more words not shown)
- AKatherine Dunham transformed(24 more words not shown)
- BKatherine Dunham's ballets(18 more words not shown)
- CKatherine Dunham's expertise(25 more words not shown)
- DThe innovative research(22 more words not shown)
- EKatherine Dunham's anthropological(18 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already predicted the main point: Dunham's dual expertise helped her study traditional dances, learn their techniques through participation, and bring them into modern North American performance. The answer should connect the preparation to that contribution.
What we’re looking for
Anthropology is part of the explanation, but the achievement extends beyond conducting a study. The account ends with changes in modern dance and opportunities for later companies.
Working the answers
- A
Dunham's research method was innovative, but the author doesn't claim she transformed the whole field of anthropology. This puts the emphasis on the research discipline rather than the dance contributions the account explains.
- B
This identifies a feature of the ballets, but doesn't explain the importance of her combined skills or the broader effects of her work. It also distinguishes them from other North American ballets on the basis of traditional techniques generally, a comparison the text doesn't establish.
- C
Her anthropological expertise mattered, but so did choreography. The answer also adds a project of expressing dancers' and choreographers' political concerns, which is not the stated purpose of her work.
- D
The African origins of Caribbean dances were a research interest. The text doesn't present discovering those origins as her central achievement. The important later movement is from her study of Caribbean forms to their adaptation in North American dance.
- ECorrect
Both kinds of expertise enabled the contributions. This covers the opening explanation, the research and participation in the middle, and the artistic changes at the end. Altering the landscape is an appropriate description of the new techniques, themes, and possibilities she helped establish.
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