Main point Β·Latin American poetry's qualities stem from its lack of a pre-colonial history
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Which one of the following ββββββββββ ββ ββββ βββββββββ ββ βββ ββββββββ
Question Type
Implied
Itβs difficult to predict the correct answer just from the question stem, so letβs use process of elimination. The correct answer will be supported by the passage.
a
A tradition of ββββββββ ββββββββββββ βββ βββββββ βββ βββββββ ββββββββ ββ ββββββ ββββ β βββββββ ββββββββ ββββ ββ βββββββββββ
Not supported, because weβre never told that the cultural conservatism of Spanish allows for a βstable, reliableβ form of expression. The author doesnβt indicate that cultural conservatism plays any role in the alleged reliability of Spanish as a form of expression.
b
It was only ββββββββ ββββ βββββ ββββββββ ββββββ βββββ ββ βββββββββββ ββββββββ ββ βββββ ββββββββββ
βOnly recentlyβ is not supported. We donβt know whether this practice of incorporating elements of other languages has occurred only recently or whether it began much longer ago.
c
The cultural conservatism ββ βββββββ ββββββ ββ βββββββββββ ββ βββ ββββββββββ ββββββββ ββ βββββββ βββββ ββββββ βββ βββββββ βββββββββ
Supported. We know from the beginning of P2 that Spanish poetry has a less critical attitude toward the Spanish language than Latin American poetry does. This leads Spanish poets to take βtheir language for granted.β We also know from P3 that Spanish poetry displays cultural conservatism that leads it to romanticize its past. Itβs fair to consider the less critical attitude of Spanish poets toward Spanish as an example of the way in which Spanish poetry is culturally conservative. Itβs less willing to experiment with language and explore other poetic structures.
d
Latin American poets' ββββββββ ββ βββββ βββββ ββββββββ ββ βββββββββββ ββ βββββ βββ ββ ββββββββ βββββ βββ ββββββββ
Weβre never told that Latin American poets use βJapanese words and phrases.β They may use poetic structures from Japan (haiku), but this doesnβt imply the use of Japanese words and phrases.
Thereβs no evidence Spanish poetry is accepting of the influence of Spanish-language poets outside of Spain. We have no evidence that Spanish poetry is receptive to outside influences.
Difficulty
72% of people who answer get this correct
This is a moderately difficult question.
It is significantly harder than the average question in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%136
149
75%162
Analysis
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Art
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Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
8%
157
b
2%
158
c
72%
163
d
14%
157
e
5%
158
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