PrepTest 145, Section 1, Question 4
The Federal Theater Project (FTP) was established in(443 more words not shown)
The author refers to the(13 more words not shown)
- Agive an example(15 more words not shown)
- Bemphasize the contribution(15 more words not shown)
- Cprovide a historical(12 more words not shown)
- Destablish a historical(11 more words not shown)
- Eprove a point(17 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Why bring up the Harlem Renaissance right before the debates within the Negro Units? The next sentence gives the link: a diverse body of thought about art's social function already existed when the FTP began. The debates had an artistic history behind them.
What we’re looking for
Our prediction should name that job, not simply identify the Renaissance as an earlier movement. Its timing matters because it helps explain the range of ideas the Negro Units inherited.
Working the answers
- A
This is a reasonable description of the earlier movement, but it stops before explaining why the author mentions it here. The connection to existing views about art and the ensuing debates makes D more precise.
- B
The focus is artistic debate, not an account of political advancement. Some later productions did convey social or political messages, but that does not make political progress the purpose of this historical reference.
- C
No cause of the units' relative obscurity is supplied. The Harlem Renaissance introduces the ideas that preceded the units, not an explanation of why their work later received little study.
- DCorrect
The Renaissance supplies historical context for the artistic disagreements. The word “Thus” connects that earlier creativity to the diverse ideas already present when the FTP was founded; the description of the debates follows directly.
- E
The reference does not establish a general conclusion about the relationship between African American and mainstream culture. Whether to blend into the mainstream is one question the producers debate, not a point this opening reference proves.
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