PrepTest 153, Section 1, Question 24
Passage A is adapted from a book by(494 more words not shown)
Passage A(300 more words not shown)
Passage B(202 more words not shown)
The attitude displayed in passage(18 more words not shown)
- Aadmiration for the(7 more words not shown)
- Bunease about the(7 more words not shown)
- Cenvy of the(3 more words not shown)
- Dapproval of the(5 more words not shown)
- Erespect for the(2 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Look for how the writers describe the musicians' work, not just how their societies rank them. A credits blues with “unparalleled symbolic power” and “powerful poetic expression.” B describes griot performance as having “great eloquence.” Those are favorable judgments of artistic accomplishment.
What we’re looking for
The shared attitude should be broad enough to cover different subject matter. Blues musicians express personal struggles; these griots praise patrons and sustain communal values.
Working the answers
- A
Symbolic expression of personal struggle fits A's blues discussion. It doesn't fit B's description of songs praising patrons. A favorable attitude toward both groups doesn't make their artistic subjects the same.
- B
Neither writer expresses unease about the musicians preserving a social structure. B explains how griots support communal norms; it doesn't object to their doing so.
- C
Appreciating someone's work is not envying it. Neither writer suggests wanting the musicians' talents or achievements for themselves.
- D
The historian role fits griots, but A contrasts that role with the personal expression of blues. It doesn't praise blues musicians for serving as community historians.
- ECorrect
The favorable language supports respect for their artistry: blues transforms individual hardships into powerful poetry, and griots perform with eloquence and persuasive skill. That common attitude survives the differences in their social positions and subject matter.
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