PrepTest 143, Section 2, Question 4
Having spent several decades trying to eliminate the(433 more words not shown)
According to the passage, Weiner(9 more words not shown)
- Aa pattern of(2 more words not shown)
- Bparamount truth(1 more words not shown)
- Dthe "colonial(1 more words not shown)
- Etheoretical(1 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
This is a specific attribution question. Return to Weiner's account in the second paragraph: Western ontology is based on “realism, immediacy, and self-expression.” Any answer must name a characteristic he assigns to that outlook. Familiar words from elsewhere do not qualify merely because they appear in the discussion.
Working the answers
- A
Sequential organization describes the aesthetic principles of Kayapo ceremonies and videos. It is not part of Weiner's list of Western characteristics.
- B
Paramount truth value is what some anthropologists attribute to indigenous-made films. Weiner criticizes that attribution; he doesn't identify it as a characteristic of Western ontology.
- CCorrect
Self-expression is explicitly in the three-part description. We do not need an inference beyond matching the answer to Weiner's stated claim.
- D
The colonial gaze is introduced as a problem in early ethnographic films. The author does not report Weiner listing it as a characteristic of Western ontology.
- E
Theoretical naivete is Weiner's criticism of anthropologists who assume indigenous authorship guarantees exceptional truthfulness. It describes his assessment of those anthropologists, not the Western outlook supposedly carried by video.
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