In typical accounts of the beginnings of bebop—the first "modern" jazz style, which was originated in the 1940s by Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Thelonious Monk, among others—commercialism plays an important, though indirect, role. ███
Other people’s position ·Commercialism played important role in origins of bebop jazz
Commercialism was important to origins of bebop, but not because bebop was a reaction against commercialism; instead, bebop benefited from commercialism
Passage Style
Critique or debate
14.
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Question Type
Main point
If the author advocates a view, the main point should capture that view. Here, the author expresses criticism of the typical historical accounts of the beginning of bebop. Contrary to those typical accounts, the author believes commercialism is part of what created modern jazz.
(B) is a paraphrase of the author’s critique in the last paragraph. The author’s point is that, contrary to other people’s position, the originators of bebop were not anti-commercialism.
(D) is a premise found in the second sentence of the last paragraph. But the author uses this premise to support a different claim, so it can’t be the main point.
The author never suggested that bebop’s originators thought swing music was fundamentally similar to bebop. So it can’t be the main point.
Difficulty
60% of people who answer get this correct
This is a moderately difficult question.
It is significantly easier than other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%141
152
75%163
Analysis
Main point
Critique or debate
Humanities
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
16%
153
b
60%
160
c
14%
149
d
10%
152
e
0%
137
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