PrepTest 147 - Section 2 - Passage 2 - Question 9

Hide analysis

Best known for her work with lacquer, Eileen Gray (1878–1976) had a fascinating and multifaceted artistic career: she became a designer of ornaments, furniture, interiors, and eventually homes. ██████ ███ █████████ ███████ ████ ███████ ███████ ██ ███ ████ ██████ ███ ██████ ███████ ██ ████████ ████ ███████ ████ ████ ███████ ███████ ███

Intro topic · Designer Eileen Gray

Detail-oriented artist known for lacquer work

██ █████ ███ ███████ ███ ████████ █████████ ██ ████████ █████████ ████ ████████████████ ██████ ████████ ███████████████ ███ ███████████ ██ ███ ██████ ███████████ ███████ ██ ██ █ ██████████████ ██████ ████ ██████ █████ ██ ███████ ████ ████████████ █████ ████ ██████ █████████ █████████ ██████ ██████ ██ █████ ███ █████████ ██ ███████ ███ ████ ████ ███ ████████ ██████████████ ██ ████ ████████ ███ ████████ █████ █████ ██ ███ ███ ███████ ████████ ████ ███ ██████████ ██ ██████ ██████████ ███ ███████ ██████ ██ ████████ █████ ███ ██████ █████ ███████████

Focus topic · Gray's use of lacquer

Contrast between lacquer work (straight lines, simple forms) and then-popular Art Nouveau style (flowing, leafy lines)

██ ████████ ██ █████████ ███████████ █████████ ███ ████ ████ ██ ███████ ████ ████ ██ █████████ ██ ████ █████ ██ ███████ ████████ ████ ███████ ███████ █████████ ███████ ███ ██████████ █████████████ █████ ███████ ██████ ████ ██ ███████ ████ ██ █████████████ ████████ ██ ████████ ███ ███ ██████ █████████ █ ███████ ██████ ██ ████ █████ ███████ ████ ██ ███ ████████ ████ ████ ████ █ ████ ██████ █████ █████ ███ █████ ███

Draw comparison · Lacquer work and architecture

Both require a balance between aesthetic and structural considerations. For lacquer, structural considerations require the wood to be lacquered on both sides, meaning half of the work is aesthetically hidden if only viewed from one side.

██ ██████ █████ ████ ███ ████████ ████ ███████ █████ ███ ████ ████ ██████ ███ ████ ████████ ███ ██████ ████ ████████ ██ █ ██████ ███ ████ ███ ███ █████ ██ ██ ██████████ ███ █████ ████████ ███ ████████████ ██ ████ █████████ ████ ███ ██ █████ ███████████ ███ ██████ ████ ███ ████ █ █████ ███ ████ ████ ████████ █████████████ ████ ██████ ██ █████████ ██████ ██ ███ ███████ ███ ██████ ████ ███████ █ █████████ █ █████ ██ ██████████ ███ ██ █████████████ ███████ ███ ██ █████ ███

Gray's progression · With lacquer work

Started with works viewed only from one side; later works were viewed from multiple sides

Further progression · Growth into furniture design

Modern, simple, functional

██████ ████ ██ ████ ███████ ███ ████████ ██████ ██████████ ███ ████ ██ ██ ██████████ ███ ███ ███ ███████ ████ ███ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████████ ██████ ██ ███ ████████ ████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ █████████ ███ ████████ ███ ████████ ████████ ██ █ █████ ████████ ████ ███ ████ █████████ ███████████ ██ ██ ██████████ ██████ ████████████ ███ ███ ███ ████ ████ ██ ████████ ██ █████ ████ ██ ████████ ████ ███ ██████ ████ ███

Further progression · Growth into architecture

Call-back to Gray's balance between aesthetic and structural considerations

███ ██ ████████████ ██ ████████ ███ ██████ ███████ ██ ████ ██ ███████ █████ ██ ████ ███████ ████████ ██ ███ ████████ ██ █ ██████████ █████ ████ ███ ████ █████████ ███ ██████ ████ ███ ███ ██ ██████ ██ █████ █████████ █████████ ██ █████████ █████████ ███ ████ █████ ███ ██ ██████████ ██████ ████████ ██ █ ████████ ██ ██████ ███ ██████ ████ ██████ █ ██████ ██████████ ██ ██ ████ █████████ ██ ██████ ██ ██████████ ████ █████ ██ ██ █████████ ███████████ ███████ ████████ ███ █████████

List examples · Of Gray's architectural work

Multi-use architectural features and furniture, blending of indoor and outdoor space

Passage Style

Single position

Spotlight

Which one of the following █████ ███████ ██ ████████████ ███ ███████████████ ██ ██████ ████ ██ █████████ ██ ███ ████████

Question Type

Application

It’s difficult to know what to look for in the correct answer, because Gray’s work is described throughout the passage. But we might have a sense that Gray’s work didn’t involve flowing, leafy lines; it used modern materials such as steel; it was austere; and it was also functional.

an upholstered sofa ████ ████████ ███████ ███ ███████ ██████ ████

“Tasseled fringes” doesn’t sound austere. Also, “curved” doesn’t fit Gray’s preference for straight lines.

a coffee table █████████ ████ █████████ ████████ ██ ██████ ██████ ███ ███████ ████ ███ ███████ ██ ██████ ██████

“Bright colors” doesn’t sound austere. Also, we don’t know that Gray included carvings of birds/trees/grasses or other living things in the world.

a thin, stainless █████ ████ ████████ ██ ████████ ███ ██████ ███████ ██ ████ ████

An object that looks like an “ornate flower” doesn’t sound austere. It’s also not clear that a vase that looks like a flower is a simple form.

23%

a round, wooden ███████ █████ ██████ ████ █████ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████ ██████

Beads, pearls, and colorful shells doesn’t sound austere or simple.

a metal chair █████ ██████ █████ ██ ███████ ██ ███ ███ █████ ████

This is the best answer, because it’s the only one that involves a simple form that meets the needs of a user.

61%

PrepTest 147 - Section 2 - Passage 2 - Question 9

Difficulty

Analysis

Answer Popularity

Question history

Answer five questions and we'll estimate your score.

Confirm action