PrepTest 120 - Section 2 - Passage 2 - Question 11

Hide analysis

The Cultural Revolution of 1966 to 1976, initiated by Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong in an attempt to reduce the influence of China's intellectual elite on the country's institutions, has had lasting repercussions on Chinese art. ███

Intro topic · China's Cultural Revolution and its impacts on Chinese art

Describe impacts · of Cultural Revolution on Chinese art

Censorship; art had to be politically focused and conform to Communist Party's ideology

Longer-term impacts · of Cultural Revolution on Chinese art

Artists reacted against the limitations imposed by the Cultural Revolution, leading to a flourishing of artistic movements after the Revolution

███ ██ ██████ ███ ████ ███ ████████ ██ ███ ██████ ███ ███████████ ██ █ █████ ██ ████████████ ████████ ███ ███ ████ ███████ ██ ██████ ███ ███████ ███ ████ ██████ ██ █████ █████ ██████ ███ ████████ ███████████ ██ ██████ █████ ████████ ████ ███ ███████ ███ █████ ████ ██████████ ████ ███ █████ █████████ ██ █████ ███████ ███ ████████████████ ██ ████ ██ █████ ████ █████ ██████ ███████ █████ ████████ ████ █████████ ████ ███████ ██ █ ██████ ██ █████ ████████████ ████ █████████ █ █████████ ███ ████████ ██ ████████ ███████ ██ █████████ ███ ███████ ██ ███████ ██████████ ██ ███ ███████████ ███ ████ ███ ████████ █████ ██ █████████ ███ ████████ ████████ ████ ███ ████ ██████ █████ ██████ █████ ███████ ██ ███████ ████████ ██████████ ███ ██████████ █████████ ██ █████ █████ ███

Example of reactionary art · Scar Art emerged in response to Cultural Revolution

Painters trained in the "realist" style by the Communist Party were exiled, witnessed rural poverty, and depicted that poverty more honestly than communist-approved art did

Contrast · Scar Art and Revolutionary Realism

Communist-approved Revolutionary Realism focused on broad and impressive subject matter and portrayed communist society as perfect; Scar Art focused on specific and mundane subject matter and portrayed society's flaws

Later artistic developments · Scar Art declined, gave way to Native Soil movement

Native Soil art celebrated traditional (non-modernized) rural life

Contrast · Scar Art and Native Soil art

Scar Art depicted the damage caused by modernity on rural life; Native Soil art celebrated traditional rural life

Author's perspective · Native Soil art "trivialized" by trying to please Western observers

Negative outcome for Native Soil art

Passage Style

Single position

Spotlight

11.

It can be inferred from ███ ███████ ████ ███ ██████ █████ ██ ████ ██████ ██ █████ ████ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ █████ ██ ███ ██████ ████ █████████

Its development was ███ ██████████ ███████████ ██ ███ ████ ███ ██████████ ██████████ ███████████████

“Inevitable” consequence is unsupported. Although Native Soil did start in part due to the politicization of Scar Art, we don’t know that this was “inevitable” (as in, would have happened, no matter what). Just because something did happen does not mean that it was “inevitable” that it would happen.

17%

It failed to ████ ███ ████ ███████████ ████ ████ ███ ███ █████████

Not supported, because the author never compares the recognition of Scar Art and Native Soil.

11%

The rural scenes ██ ████████ ████ █████████ ██ ████ ██████ ██ ██████

Not supported, because we don’t know whether “most” people in China liked the scenes in Native Soil.

Ironically, it had ███████ ███ ████████ ██ ██████ ████ █████████████ ████████ ██ ██████████ ██ █████ ██ ██████████ ██████████

Not supported, because we don’t know that there are “several” key elements in common with Maoist Revolutionary Realism. In addition, the author never indicates any irony regarding similarities between Native Soil and Maoist Revolutionary Realism. What is ironic is the way in which the restrictions on artistic expression during the Cultural Revolution led to flourishing art movements that reacted against the monotony of Maoist Revolutionary Realism.

21%

Its nostalgic representation ██ █████ ████ ███ ███ █████ ██ █████ ██ █████ ██ ██████████ ██ █████████████ ████████

Supported. We’re told that Native Soil painters reacted to the monotony of Maoist Revolutionary Realism by idealizing peasant life.

48%

PrepTest 120 - Section 2 - Passage 2 - Question 11

Difficulty

Analysis

Answer Popularity

Question history

Answer five questions and we'll estimate your score.

Confirm action