PrepTest 124 - Section 4 - Passage 1 - Question 6

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Asian American poetry from Hawaii, the Pacific island state of the United States, is generally characterizable in one of two ways: either as portraying a model multicultural paradise, or as exemplifying familiar Asian American literary themes such as generational conflict. ███

Typical Asian-Am poetry from Hawaii · Portrays multicultural paradise or shows familiar theme of generational conflict

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Wing Tek Lum's work · Unlike typical Asian-Am poetry

Doesn't romanticize multicultural life, and keeps a local sensibility.

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Example · One poem emphasizes need for new identity in Hawaii

Ties to Chinese homeland are important, but a new Hawaiian identity is equally important.

Example · Another poem criticizes acclaimed Chinese poets

The point is Wing Tek Lum wasn't just stereotypically honoring poets from the past.

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Example · One poem shows complexity of determining one's identity

Identity is based both on one's heritage and on local culture. Wing Tek Lum also cautions that U.S. culture's focus on individual drive and success should be responded to in ways that allow a healthy identify to form.

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Author’s perspective

Implied

It’s difficult to predict the correct answer just based on the question stem, so let’s use process of elimination. The correct answer will be something the author is likely to agree with concerning Lum’s poetry.

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Not supported, because the author never says anything about the relationship between Lum’s work and political ideology. So we don’t know the author’s thoughts about (A).

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Not supported, because the author doesn’t emphasize the style of Lum’s work, but rather, the themes.

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Not supported, because the author never indicates that “any human being in any culture” will be faced with a choice between old and new.

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Supported by P2.

92%

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Not supported, because Lum did not have “antipathy” (strong dislike) for tradition.

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