PT137.S1.P2.Q14

PrepTest 137 - Section 1 - Passage 2 - Question 14

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P1

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Topic and significance · Shostak's "Nisa," an ethnography (cultural study) built on three narratives
Challenges the typical approach to ethnography, which is general and anonymous. Inference: "Nisa" is specific and personal.
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First narrative · Shostak's autobiography
Ethnographic account of living with the !Kung people
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Second narrative · Nisa's story and woman's experience
Unclear who Nisa is, but given context, likely a !Kung woman whom Shostak chose to focus on
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Third narrative · Cross-cultural
Somehow blurs the line between ethnographer (Shostak) and subject (Nisa). Unclear what this means yet, but likely means Shostak does not play the traditional researcher's role of the impartial, objective observer.
P2

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Western perspective · on the !Kung people
General Western attitude is to idealize !Kung society
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Nisa's perspective · on realities of !Kung life
High mortality rates, childhood conflicts
P3

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Author's perspective · on broader significance of "Nisa"
Explores women's views about women, which is rare in ethnography
P4

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Explain third narrative strand · "Nisa" blends voices of Nisa and Shostak
Shostak gives narrative shape to Nisa's experiences, and so plays a part in Nisa's story
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a

the cultural values ██ ███████████ ███████ ████ ██ ███ █████

The author presents this quote as an example of how a real life doesn’t arrange itself into an easy shape. The quote doesn’t present an example of the values of Kung or people like them.

2%
b

the amorphous nature ██ ███ ████████ ██████ ████ ██ █████ █████

The author presents this quote as an example of how a real life doesn’t arrange itself into an easy shape. (B) is the best match for this idea. “Amorphous” means without shape.

71%
c

the less-than-idyllic nature ██ ███ █████ ██ ███████ ██████

The author presents this quote as an example of how a real life doesn’t arrange itself into an easy shape. The issue of a life that’s less than idyllic comes up in P2; it’s not connected to the point of the last paragraph.

14%
d

an autobiographical account ████ ███ █ ████████████ █████

The author presents this quote as an example of how a real life doesn’t arrange itself into an easy shape. (D) is the opposite of this idea.

9%
e

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The author presents this quote as an example of how a real life doesn’t arrange itself into an easy shape. The distinction between ethnographer and subject isn’t mentioned in connection with this quote.

4%

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