PrepTest 153, Section 1, Question 27
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)
A difference in the way(11 more words not shown)
- Apassage A uses(21 more words not shown)
- Bpassage A uses(23 more words not shown)
- Cpassage A uses(22 more words not shown)
- Dpassage B uses(28 more words not shown)
- Epassage B uses(27 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
A introduces griots as a kind of performer to compare with blues musicians. B also describes their performances, but first places griot within a ranked set of castes. The same word therefore does an additional job in B: it names a social class as well as the people associated with its musical role.
Working the answers
- A
A doesn't establish the proposed division between musicians and a separate category of other performers. The important extra meaning in B is caste membership, which this answer omits.
- BCorrect
A's use identifies a type of musician; B also explicitly identifies the lowest subcaste as griot. B then describes its members' work and inherited relationships. This matches the difference we predicted.
- C
A doesn't specify a category covering both contemporary and historical musicians in contrast with B's historical focus. The supported distinction is occupational description versus the additional caste meaning, not the dates of the performers.
- D
B describes community gatherings, but never says griots performed only there. A supplies no contrasting claim about performances for small groups. This invents a difference in venues.
- E
B discusses patrons, but A doesn't describe a variety of employment arrangements for contrast. Neither the caste definition nor the musicians' social role establishes the employment distinction this answer proposes.
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