PrepTest 145, Section 1, Question 7
The Federal Theater Project (FTP) was established in(443 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(32 more words not shown)
- AThe majority of(18 more words not shown)
- BBefore the Negro(16 more words not shown)
- CPrior to the(25 more words not shown)
- DAfrican American dramatic(21 more words not shown)
- ETheater historians have(16 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We are strengthening the claim that these artists came closer than earlier groups to creating a national black theater. The comparison with earlier efforts matters. Evidence that those efforts were concentrated in one region would make the FTP units' spread across the country more significant.
What we’re looking for
Focus on national reach. Original scripts, public funding and large audiences might matter to a theater's success, but none by itself tells us how widely that theater represented or reached the country.
Working the answers
- A
Who wrote the earlier scripts does not tell us whether those productions formed a national enterprise. Original work by African American playwrights could be performed locally or nationwide.
- B
A lack of government funding does not establish a lack of national reach. Earlier groups might have found other support. This concerns a source of money, while the claim concerns the scope of the theater those artists created.
- CCorrect
If the vast majority of earlier productions were confined to large eastern cities, the FTP's units spread throughout the United States represent a move toward something more national. This supplies the relevant contrast with what came before.
- D
Small audiences do not necessarily mean a geographically narrow movement. Many small productions could exist across the country. This would be more directly relevant to a claim about popularity than to the national reach at issue.
- E
Difficulty finding records leaves us less certain about earlier groups. It does not establish that those groups lacked national reach, so it does not supply the comparison needed to support the author's claim.
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