PrepTest 159, Section 2, Question 2
The 1937–1938 comic strip Torchy Brown, in "Dixie(426 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(7 more words not shown)
- ATorchy Brown might(17 more words not shown)
- BThe value of(16 more words not shown)
- CPopular comic strips(10 more words not shown)
- DMusic was a(20 more words not shown)
- EThe African American(23 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The discussion of the Cotton Club connects Torchy's fictional success with real performers who earned respect for their talent. That gives us something solid to work with. A broader historical claim might sound plausible, but it still needs support from this account rather than from what we happen to know about the period.
Working the answers
- A
Nothing tells us that addressing segregation reduced the comic's popularity. We would need evidence about its reception to say it might have been more successful without those themes.
- B
The author doesn't say the fantastic elements diminish its artistic value. The account explains how genuine cultural concerns remain important despite those elements.
- C
We see fairy-tale features in this comic, but no survey of popular comics generally. One example doesn't establish what they often do.
- DCorrect
Ormes celebrates real African American performers who achieved “wide respect” as talented professionals. The references to musical legends and to white audiences admiring African American talent support music as an arena of success and recognition during the period.
- E
Other works may well have depicted the migration north, but this account doesn't identify numerous such works. Torchy's journey gives us one example, not evidence for the broader claim about popular art.
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