James Porter (1905–1970) was the first scholar to identify the African influence on visual art in the Americas, and much of what is known about the cultural legacy that African-American artists inherited from their African forebears has come to us by way of his work. ███
Intro topic ·James Porter
Trailblazing scholar on the influence of African art on African-American artists
Implications of Porter's work ·Scholars still learning from Porter's research
Passage Style
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The passage most strongly supports █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ██████████ █████ ████████ ███ ██████████
Question Type
Implied
This is an inference question about Porter's own paintings which was only briefly mentioned in P1 and P2.
a
They often contained ███████ ██ ██████ ███████ ████ ███ ████ ██ ███████ █████████
This is supported. We know that Porter began by studying African-American crafts of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. We also know that Porter made a conscious effort to maintain African artisanship in his own paintings.
b
They fueled his ████████ ██ ████████ █ ██████ ██ ███ ████████
Unsupported. We don't know why he was interested in art history.
c
They were used ██ ████████ ████ ██ ████ ███ ██████ ██ ███████ █████████ ██ ████████████████ ████
Unsupported. We don't know whether his book exhibited his own paintings.
d
They were a ██████████ ███████ ██ █████ ███ ████████ █████ ███ ████████
Unsupported. Plus this would not do much to prove his theories.
e
They were done █████ ███ ██ ███ ████████ ████ ███ ████ ██████████
Unsupported. We don't know when he was a painter. He could have simultaneously been a painter and a scholar.
Difficulty
77% of people who answer get this correct
This is a moderately difficult question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%138
151
75%164
Analysis
Implied
Art
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Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
77%
168
b
8%
163
c
4%
160
d
11%
163
e
0%
160
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