PrepTest 151, Section 1, Question 20
Passage A Music does not always gain by(468 more words not shown)
Passage A(201 more words not shown)
Passage B(275 more words not shown)
The author of passage B(7 more words not shown)
- Ain which there(9 more words not shown)
- Bin which the(5 more words not shown)
- Cthat is generally(4 more words not shown)
- Dfrom the art(4 more words not shown)
- Ein which nonmusical(3 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
B names singer's opera immediately after describing the type in which music is primary. That is our definition. Be ready for the answer to express the same relationship from the other side: if music leads, the nonmusical elements take a secondary role.
Working the answers
- A
Relative parity describes B's other main type, illustrated by Wagner's operas. It isn't the definition of singer's opera.
- B
Making the drama paramount puts a nonmusical element first. Singer's opera puts music first.
- C
The author calls the contempt for this type undeserved. Lower artistic merit is not its defining feature, and we shouldn't substitute the critics' dismissive attitude for B's description.
- D
B associates the earliest operas with the third kind, in which music was subordinate. That is the reverse of singer's opera's emphasis, not its historical definition.
- ECorrect
Nonmusical elements being subordinate means music is primary. This restates the definition rather than adding a different feature. We don't need the answer to use the same grammatical subject as the original sentence.
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