PrepTest 144, Section 1, Question 4
"Never was anything as incoherent, shrill, chaotic and(427 more words not shown)
All of the following are(11 more words not shown)
- AThey worked for(6 more words not shown)
- BTheir music has(10 more words not shown)
- CTheir compositions stirred(1 more words not shown)
- DThey worked in(5 more words not shown)
- EThey altered the(6 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
This is an EXCEPT question, so four choices should name similarities the author actually gives us. The opening links the composers through hostile reactions, controversy, and musical innovation. The next comparison says both worked in changing styles. We want the additional claim that the text does not establish for both men.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Schoenberg is specifically said to have begun in the late-Romantic manner. The author does not make that claim about Beethoven. A similarity in changing musical styles does not mean they passed through every same style.
- B
The quotation supplies this reaction to Beethoven, and the next sentence says it fits many listeners' reactions to Schoenberg. Both sides of the comparison are present, so B cannot be the exception.
- C
The text explicitly says both composers stirred controversy. This is a supported similarity.
- D
The phrase “Like Beethoven” introduces Schoenberg's constantly changing and evolving style. That directly makes the comparison D describes.
- E
Both are said to have altered music's language and extended its expressive range. This is the stated reason for their controversy, not an unsupported addition.
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