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
Passage Style
Single position
Spotlight
6.
The passage does NOT provide ████████ ████ ████████ ████████ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ █████████ ██ ███ ██ ████ ██ ███ ██████
Question Type
Implied
The four wrong answers will be supported as something Sembene shows in his films. The correct answer will not be, because this is an EXCEPT question.
a
disenchantment with attempts ██ ██████ ██████████ ██████████
There’s no indication of Sembene’s attitude toward government reform. So (A) is correct.
90%
b
confidence in the ███████ ██ █████ ███████████ ██████ ██ ███████ ██ ████████████ ██████
Supported by P2.
1%
c
concern with social ███████
Supported by P4.
0%
d
interest in the ████████████ ██ ████████ ████████ █████
Supported by P2.
6%
e
desire to educate ███ ████████
Supported by P1.
2%
Difficulty
90% of people who answer get this correct
This is a slightly challenging question.
It is slightly harder than the average question in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%121
134
75%147
Analysis
Implied
Implied
Stems asking us to infer an idea implied by the claims in the passage (as opposed to identifying an idea that appears explicitly). Similar to most strongly supported questions in LR.
Passages that highlight a person, issue, or historical event or development. These passages often focus on why that thing is significant, distinctive, or interesting.
