PT136.S3.P1.Q5

PrepTest 136 - Section 3 - Passage 1 - Question 5

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Many critics agree that the primary characteristic of Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène's work is its sociopolitical commitment. ███

Intro topic · Filmmaker Ousmane Sembène's work and its political focus
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Characteristics of Sembène's films · Influenced by socialist realism, designed to educate, adapted to West African culture
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Key characteristic · Films draw on African oral tradition
Possibly the main point, though not yet clear
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Example connections · between Sembène's films and African oral tradition
Sembène uses West African tree motif and trickster characters
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Generalize connections · between Sembène's films and African oral traditions
Sembène and African oral tradition both use archetypes (i.e., stock characters) that represent broader ideas and challenges
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Another connection · Dilemma tales
Stories where the outcome of the plot is open to audience interpretation
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One more connection · Conflict between polar opposites leads to change in characters' perspectives
Sembène uses this to deliver his political messages
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Contrast perspectives · between critics and author
Critics say Sembène's focus on polar opposites is due to Marxist (i.e., socialist) influence; author says it's due to West African influence
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5.

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a

beginning a series

This doesn’t have anything to do with producing a change. We also have no indication that a protagonist in Sembene’s works goes on a series of journeys. “Initatory” isn’t being used in the sense of “initial” or “beginning.” It’s being used in the sense of an “initiation” — a marker of a transition from one stage to another.

9%
b

experimental

This doesn’t have anything to do with producing a change. We also have no indication that there’s anything experimental about the protagonist’s journey in Sembene’s work. Is the protagonist doing something that has never been done before? We don’t know.

1%
c

transformative

This is the only answer that conveys the idea of a change. The protagonist in Sembene’s works goes on a journey that brings about a change in his worldview.

84%
d

unprecedented

This doesn’t have anything to do with producing a change. We also have no indication that there’s anything unprecedented about the protagonist’s journey in Sembene’s work. Is the protagonist doing something that has never been done before? We don’t know.

4%
e

prefatory

This doesn’t have anything to do with producing a change. We also have no indication that the journey a protagonist goes on is only the beginning or some kind of introduction.

2%

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